Re: Adding a user
On Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:15:07 -0400, Frank McCormick posted: Running Squeeze - tried to add a user today using the graphical front end under Gksudo ...everything except properties was grayed out. Graphical front end to what, what graphical front end? KDE? Gnome? Other? I have implemented root on this machine - so I modified GDM to allow root logons...same result. What do you mean by I have implemented root on this machine, how did you install Debian and not implement root? What am I missing here? A clear description of exactly what you did, and perhaps, a description of what state your installation is currently in, exact error messages might also be useful if you try command line commands. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Adding a user
Hi Frank Frank McCormick wrote: Running Squeeze - tried to add a user today using the graphical front end under Gksudo ...everything except properties was grayed out. I have implemented root on this machine - so I modified GDM to allow root logons...same result. What am I missing here? Why don't you add user in the console environment? See `man adduser' or `man useradd'. sam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Adding a user
On Wed, 2009-04-08 at 16:19 +0200, Samuel Bächler wrote: Hi Frank Frank McCormick wrote: Running Squeeze - tried to add a user today using the graphical front end under Gksudo ...everything except properties was grayed out. I have implemented root on this machine - so I modified GDM to allow root logons...same result. What am I missing here? Why don't you add user in the console environment? See `man adduser' or `man useradd'. sam Well that's what I ended up doing - but I am still curious why this Gnome Squeeze installation refuses to allow me to do it under the GUI front end. The unlock button on the GUI users-admin is grayed out. All the other system software works like it is supposed to so it seems it's not a general fault. Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Adding a user
Running Squeeze - tried to add a user today using the graphical front end under Gksudo ...everything except properties was grayed out. I have implemented root on this machine - so I modified GDM to allow root logons...same result. What am I missing here? Cheers signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[nospam_40811@alltel.net: Using DHCP with Sarge Debian-Installer; and not adding normal user]
First, good job on the D-I. I've put my Woody CD away for good now. Second, and primarily: during setup, Sarge asked me for an IP address. I just hit enter -- and it said my IP address was not entered correctly. I suppose I could have gone to expert mode and done a DHCP thing but how come the normal flow of things didn't have this? or I missed it. Thirdly, is it possible in the normal flow of install *not* to add a normal user. I like to wait until after I've answered the do you want system-wide readable home directories 'no' before I add my normal user. I tried to just leave the name blank but it said that was malformed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 11:27:13 -0400, Travis Crump [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:58:55AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? Well, the issue is specific to GNU/Linux / Unix user IDs. Other OSs may have different legal names. In this case, the appropriate approach IMO is what I suggested previously: create a conformance mapping between the external and local name(s). Sometimes you've got to roll with things and be a little flexible. Peace. To be clear, use of '.' as a delimiter is deprecated in favor of ':'. As long as you always use ':' as your delimiter, chown at least has no problems with .'s in ids. ..my issue with . in usernames is _I_ get other peoples email because my pop3 service provider boxes are managed by idiots. Allright, their support monkeys are _nice_, the last one put a few hundred Swen mails in the webmail's trash folder on trying to delete it. ;-) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
Karsten M. Self wrote: on Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:58:55AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? Well, the issue is specific to GNU/Linux / Unix user IDs. Other OSs may have different legal names. In this case, the appropriate approach IMO is what I suggested previously: create a conformance mapping between the external and local name(s). Sometimes you've got to roll with things and be a little flexible. Peace. To be clear, use of '.' as a delimiter is deprecated in favor of ':'. As long as you always use ':' as your delimiter, chown at least has no problems with .'s in ids. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
on Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 03:58:55AM +0200, Arnt Karlsen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 00:48:41 +0100, Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. ..excellent. Urls to RFC etc to ram down idiot isp throats? Well, the issue is specific to GNU/Linux / Unix user IDs. Other OSs may have different legal names. In this case, the appropriate approach IMO is what I suggested previously: create a conformance mapping between the external and local name(s). Sometimes you've got to roll with things and be a little flexible. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? Reform three-strikes: stop jailing nonviolent offenders. http://www.amend3strikes.org/ signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
on Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. The '.' character is used as a delimiter between username and group. I'd recommend you not do this. There are means of creating conformance mappings between userids on various systems, I'd suggestion you look into these. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What Part of Gestalt don't you understand? A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 09:58:38PM +0200, Andreas Schildbach wrote: Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. Can anyone show me a possibility to make adduser ignore this restriction for this one time? The user is only for cvs access via pserver, he does not need a home directory and interactive shell access. just ignore adduser. Add the user by hand to the passwd and shadow files, and change his password with passwd. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Schildbach - Java J2EE software development and architecture http://www.schildbach.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adding a user with a dot (.) in his name: How?
Hello everyone, For compatibility reasons, I need to add a user with a dot (.) in his name. adduser does not allow this, even if I invoke it with the parameter --force-badname. Can anyone show me a possibility to make adduser ignore this restriction for this one time? The user is only for cvs access via pserver, he does not need a home directory and interactive shell access. Regards, Andreas -- Andreas Schildbach - Java J2EE software development and architecture http://www.schildbach.de -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Adding a user for ftp but without shell access
| quickest way is probably change their shell to /dev/null | add /dev/null to /etc/shells(so ftp servers will allow the | user to login) and add the user .. Greetings, I thought that it was more appropriate to use /bin/false. HTH, Brooks
Adding a user for ftp but without shell access
Is there a way to add a user so that they can get to ftp but that they do not have shell access? Are there any FTP servers that keep their own user lists? I just want a simple way to transfer files back and forth without giving people more access than they need. Thanks! Jen
Re: Adding a user for ftp but without shell access
jennyw said: Is there a way to add a user so that they can get to ftp but that they do not have shell access? Are there any FTP servers that keep their own user lists? I just want a simple way to transfer files back and forth without giving people more access than they need. quickest way is probably change their shell to /dev/null add /dev/null to /etc/shells(so ftp servers will allow the user to login) and add the user .. the only ftpd that i know off the top of my head that has its own internal userlist is glftpd (glftpd.org) nate
Re: Adding a user for ftp but without shell access
Hmm what about something using PAM and ldap? Does the Posix schema have a login enabled? nate wrote: jennyw said: Is there a way to add a user so that they can get to ftp but that they do not have shell access? Are there any FTP servers that keep their own user lists? I just want a simple way to transfer files back and forth without giving people more access than they need. quickest way is probably change their shell to /dev/null add /dev/null to /etc/shells(so ftp servers will allow the user to login) and add the user .. the only ftpd that i know off the top of my head that has its own internal userlist is glftpd (glftpd.org) nate
Re: Adding a user to a group
See also gpasswd(1). It's cake. Vineet * Martin F. Krafft ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010716 17:58]: also sprach Nathan Weston (on Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:17:40PM -0400): I want to give my user account access to cdrom, audio, etc without doing chmod a+rw on the relevant files. /etc/group describes the groups on a system. a comma-separated list of users at the end of a particular line stands for membership of all these users in this particular group. i am sure that there are command-line utilities to do that, but then again, /etc/group is so old and so standard that you can safely do this by hand without violating some debian policy or philosophy, right? martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^.*|tr * mailto:; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- if you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood, and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. -- antoine de saint exupery pgputczur74WP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Adding a user to a group
On Tue, 17 Jul 2001, Martin F. Krafft wrote: i am sure that there are command-line utilities to do that, but then again, /etc/group is so old and so standard that you can safely do this by hand without violating some debian policy or philosophy, right? That's basically what adduser username groupname does, but by using adduser, you have a record of it in the system logs. That's not really an issue for your average home user, but for those of us who keep logs indefinitely and need a record of such changes, it helps. j. -- Jeremy L. Gaddis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a user to a group
On Monday 16 July 2001 09:47 pm, Rebecca Dridan wrote: On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 08:33:50PM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: Done, thanks. But, in order to access /dev/dsp for audio, I still have to 'newgrp audio' or 'sg audio -c [command]', and enter a password. The problem here is that I want, for example, artsd, which is started automatically by kde, to have access to /dev/dsp. Is there a way to do this without entering a password (and preferably wi/o having to wrap commands in sg)? Thanks, Nathan (It's always better to post back to the list, as you have more people who can answer your questions - they may have more idea than me too) You can be part of more than one group at a time. Just make sure you have logged out and back in again to effect the changes of the adduser command. You shouldn't need to explicitly log in to a new group to have audio access. If that doesn't do what you needed, it's time to hand off to someone on the list more knowledgable than me :) Bec Oops, I meant to post back to the list... is there a reason that the list address isn't in the reply-to by default, like it is on most lists? Anyway, now that I've logged out and back in, everything works fine. Thanks. Nathan
Re: Adding a user to a group
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 07:50:19AM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: SNIP Oops, I meant to post back to the list... is there a reason that the list address isn't in the reply-to by default, like it is on most lists? Anyway, now that I've logged out and back in, everything works fine. Thanks. Nathan Check the recent thread Re: the format (or lack thereof) of the list Also see http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html Bec
Re: Adding a user to a group
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 07:50:19AM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: Oops, I meant to post back to the list... is there a reason that the list address isn't in the reply-to by default, like it is on most lists? 1) Yes, there is a reason. Do a search on reply-to considered harmful for more information. 2) I dispute your assertion that most lists use reply-to-list. I am currently subscribed to... um... about 15? lists (not including the ones that I own) and exactly one of them sets a reply-to header.
Re: Adding a user to a group
Dave == Dave Sherohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 07:50:19AM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: Oops, I meant to post back to the list... is there a reason that the list address isn't in the reply-to by default, like it is on most lists? Dave 1) Yes, there is a reason. Do a search on reply-to considered Dave harmful for more information. do a search for 'reply-to munging considered useful', for what I feel is a much more convincing argument. the link where I found it originally, http://www.metasystema.org/essays/reply-to-useful.html appears to be down, but you can probably find it elsewhere. Dave 2) I dispute your assertion that most lists use reply-to-list. Dave I am currently subscribed to... um... about 15? lists (not Dave including the ones that I own) and exactly one of them sets a Dave reply-to header. really. I'm on about the same number, and the split is more like 40/60 for me, in favor of not setting reply-to. also, most of the lists I admin set reply-to, at the request of the people on the lists. in the end, the 'right' policy is the one chosen by the list admins, since they have the right to set whatever policy they want. but this does seem like an issue that just won't go away, ever. -- joe
Re: Adding a user to a group
On Tue, Jul 17, 2001 at 08:21:32AM -1000, Joseph Dane wrote: Dave == Dave Sherohman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave 1) Yes, there is a reason. Do a search on reply-to considered Dave harmful for more information. do a search for 'reply-to munging considered useful', for what I feel is a much more convincing argument. Seen it, and I still fall to the 'harmful' side for the simple reason that reply-to makes mistakes more potentially problematic. If you forget to include the list when you intended to, it's no big deal - just resend. If you send a reply to the list that's intended to be private, there are plenty of cases where it could be somewhat embarrassing and a few where it could be outright Bad. really. I'm on about the same number, and the split is more like 40/60 for me, in favor of not setting reply-to. Well, that's still not most lists using it, which was the point I disputed anyhow... also, most of the lists I admin set reply-to, at the request of the people on the lists. I host a dozen lists, all but one of which are extremely-low-volume, and have never had anyone ask about reply-to on any of them. But that just proves that not all users like/want the same thing. in the end, the 'right' policy is the one chosen by the list admins, since they have the right to set whatever policy they want. but this does seem like an issue that just won't go away, ever. Agreed on both points. _Maybe_ it would go away if all common MUAs were to implement a reply-to-list feature, but even then, I doubt it.
Adding a user to a group
How do I add a user to a group? I want to give my user account access to cdrom, audio, etc without doing chmod a+rw on the relevant files. Thanks, Nathan
Re: Adding a user to a group
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 08:17:40PM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: How do I add a user to a group? I want to give my user account access to cdrom, audio, etc without doing chmod a+rw on the relevant files. adduser username groupname ie adduser blah audio HTH Bec
Re: Adding a user to a group
also sprach Nathan Weston (on Mon, 16 Jul 2001 08:17:40PM -0400): I want to give my user account access to cdrom, audio, etc without doing chmod a+rw on the relevant files. /etc/group describes the groups on a system. a comma-separated list of users at the end of a particular line stands for membership of all these users in this particular group. i am sure that there are command-line utilities to do that, but then again, /etc/group is so old and so standard that you can safely do this by hand without violating some debian policy or philosophy, right? martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \ echo mailto: !#^.*|tr * mailto:; [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- if you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood, and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea. -- antoine de saint exupery pgpdsW6r2ftIN.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Adding a user to a group
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 08:33:50PM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: Done, thanks. But, in order to access /dev/dsp for audio, I still have to 'newgrp audio' or 'sg audio -c [command]', and enter a password. The problem here is that I want, for example, artsd, which is started automatically by kde, to have access to /dev/dsp. Is there a way to do this without entering a password (and preferably wi/o having to wrap commands in sg)? Thanks, Nathan (It's always better to post back to the list, as you have more people who can answer your questions - they may have more idea than me too) You can be part of more than one group at a time. Just make sure you have logged out and back in again to effect the changes of the adduser command. You shouldn't need to explicitly log in to a new group to have audio access. If that doesn't do what you needed, it's time to hand off to someone on the list more knowledgable than me :) Bec On Monday 16 July 2001 08:26 pm, Rebecca Dridan wrote: On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 08:17:40PM -0400, Nathan Weston wrote: How do I add a user to a group? I want to give my user account access to cdrom, audio, etc without doing chmod a+rw on the relevant files. adduser username groupname ie adduser blah audio HTH Bec
Re: adding ftp user
Does anyone know on the topic of ftp security, how we can limit the ftp user that log's in to stay in the home dir you assign them, and not be able to move up the directory tree ? - Original Message - From: Nate Amsden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 1:09 PM Subject: Re: adding ftp user William Jensen wrote: I've just installed ftpd from the stable potato packages. Anonymous ftp cannot log in because ftp user does not exist. I've setup a chroot jail in /home/ftp. What's the best way to add user ftp in a security conscious way. I tried useradd ftp, then in /etc/passwd I changed it's shell to /bin/false. Anything else I should be aware of? I'd use scp but work's firewall has the port blocked and I'm not particularly excited about sending my username and password for my normal account login so I decided to go the anonymous way. Bill you can change the port for ssh/scp see the manpage .. as for ftp ..thats probably fine ..id be more concerned about the ftpd your using if your using 'ftpd' thats good i wouldn't use proftpd or wu-ftpd though(if your security councious(sp)) nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: adding ftp user
On Tue, Oct 24, 2000 at 02:27:46PM +1000, Mario Zuppini wrote: Does anyone know on the topic of ftp security, how we can limit the ftp user that log's in to stay in the home dir you assign them, and not be able to move up the directory tree ? echo lusername /etc/ftpchroot that is all thats required for OpenBSD ftpd 0.3.2 which has a built in ls. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ pgpBKLsBJbIiP.pgp Description: PGP signature
adding ftp user
I've just installed ftpd from the stable potato packages. Anonymous ftp cannot log in because ftp user does not exist. I've setup a chroot jail in /home/ftp. What's the best way to add user ftp in a security conscious way. I tried useradd ftp, then in /etc/passwd I changed it's shell to /bin/false. Anything else I should be aware of? I'd use scp but work's firewall has the port blocked and I'm not particularly excited about sending my username and password for my normal account login so I decided to go the anonymous way. Bill
Re: adding ftp user
William Jensen wrote: I've just installed ftpd from the stable potato packages. Anonymous ftp cannot log in because ftp user does not exist. I've setup a chroot jail in /home/ftp. What's the best way to add user ftp in a security conscious way. I tried useradd ftp, then in /etc/passwd I changed it's shell to /bin/false. Anything else I should be aware of? I'd use scp but work's firewall has the port blocked and I'm not particularly excited about sending my username and password for my normal account login so I decided to go the anonymous way. Bill you can change the port for ssh/scp see the manpage .. as for ftp ..thats probably fine ..id be more concerned about the ftpd your using if your using 'ftpd' thats good i wouldn't use proftpd or wu-ftpd though(if your security councious(sp)) nate -- ::: ICQ: 75132336 http://www.aphroland.org/ http://www.linuxpowered.net/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Adding a user... but they can't use X
On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, George Bonser wrote: On Wed, 16 Dec 1998, Raymond A. Ingles wrote: But when I try to fire off any programs from the taskbar or an icon, they lock up. I tried opening an rxvt and it brings up a window and then says 'You don't have permission to run the X server'. First of all, which version of Debian are you using? A 1.2 upgraded to 1.3 upgraded to 2.0. Check her home directory and make sure all the the dot files got copied over from /etc/skel. It seems right. Moreover, I've confirmed that everything is owned by her. (I had to reboot anyway, to let her use Windows temporarily, but when I booted back to Linux the problem persisted.) Also, edit /etc/X11/Xserver and make sure that the second line of the file says either Console or Anybody, your call (but I hesitate to use Anybody). It already says 'Console', and I've logged her into the first VC, which sure seems to be the console. I haven't tried 'Anybody' yet but I will if I have to. Just on the off chance, I copied the .Xauthority file from my account's home directory and put it in hers, and chowned it to her. Still no go. This is really getting annoying. Thanks for the suggestions so far... anyone got any more? :- Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] An apple every eight hours keeps three doctors away. - B. Kliban
Adding a user... but they can't use X
I'm migrating my wife to Linux and weaning her off of Windows. I've got almost everything together (StarOffice, etc.), but I've run into a problem. I installed fvwm95 and got it configured properly. Then I used 'useradd' to give her an account, and gave her her own .fvwm95rc. When I log on as her, I can run 'startx' and it brings up the taskbar and so forth. But when I try to fire off any programs from the taskbar or an icon, they lock up. I tried opening an rxvt and it brings up a window and then says 'You don't have permission to run the X server'. I normally run as a mortal user myself, and I can definitely use X with that acocunt... but I created that account on installation. Did I do something wrong when I created her acocunt, or is there some file I need to update? Is there some special group she needs to be added to (a quick perusal of /etc/groups didn't show much). Do I just need to restart some particular process or (heaven forfend) reboot? Sincerely, Ray Ingles (248) 377-7735 [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you get an email that says, FORWARD THIS IMMEDIATELY TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS, *RIGHT* *NOW*!, don't. It's a hoax, I guarantee it. - Me
Re: Adding a user... but they can't use X
I installed fvwm95 and got it configured properly. Then I used 'useradd' to give her an account, and gave her her own .fvwm95rc. When I log on as her, I can run 'startx' and it brings up the taskbar and so forth. But when I try to fire off any programs from the taskbar or an icon, they lock up. I tried opening an rxvt and it brings up a window and then says 'You don't have permission to run the X server'. Make sure /usr/X11R6/bin is in the PATH of the user in question before you do startx. Alex Y. -- _ _( )_ ( (o___ +---+ | _ 7 |Alexander Yukhimets| \()| http://pages.nyu.edu/~aqy6633/ | / \ \ +---+
Re: Adding a user... but they can't use X
Raymond A. Ingles wrote: I'm migrating my wife to Linux and weaning her off of Windows. I've got almost everything together (StarOffice, etc.), but I've run into a problem. I installed fvwm95 and got it configured properly. Then I used 'useradd' to give her an account, and gave her her own .fvwm95rc. When I log on as her, I can run 'startx' and it brings up the taskbar and so forth. But when I try to fire off any programs from the taskbar or an icon, they lock up. I tried opening an rxvt and it brings up a window and then says 'You don't have permission to run the X server'. I normally run as a mortal user myself, and I can definitely use X with that acocunt... but I created that account on installation. Did I do something wrong when I created her acocunt, or is there some file I need to update? Is there some special group she needs to be added to (a quick perusal of /etc/groups didn't show much). Do I just need to restart some particular process or (heaven forfend) reboot? Totally wild, off-the-wall idea: Does her 'user' own all the Xwin config files in her home dir? I've gotten into trouble with other programs because, as root, I would copy a files(s) to my normal user's home, but forget to make sure the files were owned by my normal user. FWIW. -- Ed C.
