Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-26 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 17:11:43 - "old sixpack13" wrote: > > After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory > > (with dot files) I discover that login for that user fails. No > > messages in /var/log, no error message. > > > > I assume that the problem is somewhere in one of

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-26 Thread old sixpack13
> After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with dot > files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in /var/log, > no error message. > > I assume that the problem is somewhere in one of the dot files. Any > suggestions? > > Thanks. do the user rights and

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-24 Thread Slade Watkins via users
On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 10:40 PM Joe Zeff wrote: > > On 2/22/23 16:17, Barry wrote: > > > > Please post under not above what you are commenting on. > > And while you're at it, trim out the parts of the post you're > responding to that aren't relevant, like the boilerplate at the bottom. Also,

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-24 Thread Scott Beamer
On 2/22/23 3:50 PM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: That would surely be foolish, no? Not at all, https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines#If_You_Are_Replying_to_a_Message ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-23 Thread Michael Hennebry
Since reply formating has been brought up: I've noticed that even boilerplate often does not get trimmed. 'Tain't unique to this thread. 'Tis close to universal. The result is scrolling through multiple copies of boilerplate to get to the bottom and discover, lo and behold, more boilerplate, I

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-23 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Wed, 2023-02-22 at 23:17 +, Barry wrote: [...] Please don't post in HTML, or at least include a plaintext alternative: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines#No_HTML_Mail,_Please poc ___ users mailing list --

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Joe Zeff
On 2/22/23 16:17, Barry wrote: Please post under not above what you are commenting on. And while you're at it, trim out the parts of the post you're responding to that aren't relevant, like the boilerplate at the bottom. ___ users mailing list --

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Geoffrey Leach
That would surely be foolish, no? On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 3:18 PM Barry wrote: > > > On 22 Feb 2023, at 19:25, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > >  > Thanks. That's half of the problem. Now, what about starting xterm from > ~user? > > > Please post under not above what you are commenting on. > > Are

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Barry
On 22 Feb 2023, at 19:25, Geoffrey Leach wrote:Thanks. That's half of the problem. Now, what about starting xterm from ~user?Please post under not above what you are commenting on.Are you saying that you do not have a GUI desktop installed and configured to alliw you to login?BarryOn Wed, Feb

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Geoffrey Leach
Thanks. That's half of the problem. Now, what about starting xterm from ~user? On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 9:25 AM Barry wrote: > > > > On 22 Feb 2023, at 17:19, Geoffrey Leach > wrote: > > > >  > > After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with > dot files) I discover that

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Geoffrey Leach
No. Just ~user On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 9:54 AM Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 12:19 PM Geoffrey Leach > wrote: > > > > After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with > dot files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in > /var/log, no

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 12:19 PM Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with dot > files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in /var/log, no > error message. If you overwrote files like /etc/password, /etc/shadow and

Re: Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Barry
> On 22 Feb 2023, at 17:19, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > >  > After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with dot > files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in /var/log, no > error message. > > I assume that the problem is somewhere in one of the dot

Unable to login after fedora re-install

2023-02-22 Thread Geoffrey Leach
After moving from F37 to F36 and re-installing a user directory (with dot files) I discover that login for that user fails. No messages in /var/log, no error message. I assume that the problem is somewhere in one of the dot files. Any suggestions? Thanks.