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auddoula
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| DONAHUE wrote: | try making a testuser:
assuming xdm is no longer in any run level:
reboot; login as root in the boot terminal, | Code: | useradd -m -G bin daemon sys adm disk floppy dialout tape video -s /bin/bash testuser
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Is this correct?
I am getting an error that I can't see. But note that the current user belongs to different groups
groups user_name
tty wheel audio video users user_name |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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I used what you posted minus root but should have added users and now think you posted groups for root vice for user, sorry, try
useradd -m -G users audio -s /bin/bash testuser
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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I am still trouble creating an account.. I looked at the options, it looks OK, but..
useradd -m -G users audio -s /bin/bash testuser
Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN
useradd -D
useradd -D [options]
Options:
-b, --base-dir BASE_DIR base directory for the home directory of the
new account
etc
I can try to that in two stages using usermod in the second stage. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| auddoula wrote: | I am still trouble creating an account.. I looked at the options, it looks OK, but..
useradd -m -G users audio -s /bin/bash testuser
Usage: useradd [options] LOGIN
useradd -D
useradd -D [options]
Options:
-b, --base-dir BASE_DIR base directory for the home directory of the
new account
etc |
| Code: | | useradd -m -b /home/testuser -G users audio -s /bin/bash testuser |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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Nope.. it did create /home/testuser directory though
Why not:
useradd -m -s /bin/bash testuser
then
usermod -a -G users audio |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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hold off brain dump here, worked last night, not today
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| good question.. i did not see anything wrong with your command line. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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commas!!!!!!!
try making a testuser:
assuming xdm is no longer in any run level:
reboot; login as root in the boot terminal, | Code: | useradd -m -G audio,video,users -s /bin/bash testuser
passwd testuser
cp /home/<your user name>/.xinitrc /home/testuser/.xinitrc |
the .xinitrc at /home/<your user name>/.xinitrc and now for testuser will start a gnome session
login as testuser
behavior???
moral of my story : if you test something and change it you must retest
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 5:47 pm Post subject: |
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useradd -m -G users audio -s /bin/bash testuser
DONAHUE has already noticed the commas, you will probably want to add video,tty,cdrom,cdrw to that list of groups.
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auddoula
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:00 pm Post subject: |
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gdm for the testuser did not work... gdm-daemon-config had trouble with setup id 0...
for completeness here is the actual error:
gdm[2792]: WARNING: GDM file gdm-daemon-config.c: line 2041 (): Cannot run seteuid to 0: Operation not permitted
GDM file gdm-daemon-config.c: line 2041 (): Cannot run seteuid to 0: Operation not permitted
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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I forgot step to make .xinitrc executable: | Code: | chmod u+x /home/testuser/.xinitrc
chmod u+x /home/<your user name>/.xinitrc |
in case you didn't catch me
my theory is that cruft in /home/<your user name> is causing problems
if testuser can run gnome correctly
change .xinitrc to include | Quote: | # exec gnome-session
exec startkde |
reboot, startkde
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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.xinitrc was already an executable in /home/user directory, and copying preserves the attribute.
I can change .xinitrc as you say. My guess is that some settings are missing/changed. Clearly, essentially everything works for the root, but not for the user. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 6:53 pm Post subject: |
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reboot; login as root in the boot terminal,
login as testuser
behavior???
I'm on a roll 
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | reboot; login as root in the boot terminal,
login as testuser
behavior???
I'm on a roll |
I got my nice login GUI, and logged in as testuser, got pretty KDE interface, but....
I cannot get any terminal: getpt failed, no such file or directory.
I opened up Konqueror, I could NOT go to www.cnn.com, (Unknown host)
Bummer.. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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as root | Code: | | emerge -D kde-base/kde-meta |
was .xinitrc pointed at kde or gnome?
did you ask gdm to start kde or did it do that automaticlly?
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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for testuser it was pointed at kde. let me test it with Gnome.
I can choose Gnome from the login GUI options button, the result is the same, no terminal, unknown host issue..
Now, even as root I cannot open up webpages. I am connected, but again DNS issue. But that was not a problem until this last shut off rc-update del xdm... |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:30 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | as root | Code: | | emerge -D kde-base/kde-meta |
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Done, no outdated files were found..
Now, I am at loss why DNS service is failing even for the root. I thought we resolved it and it worked just fine. Many of the posts were done from the root account. |
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what does it say in /etc/resolv.conf ?
ping -c2 router's ip
ping -c2 8.8.8.8
ping -c2 google.com
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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unknown host issue.. exact error?
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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| DONAHUE wrote: | what does it say in /etc/resolv.conf ?
ping -c2 router's ip
ping -c2 8.8.8.8
ping -c2 google.com |
resolv.conf: Looks like it was somehow overwritten with :
# Generated by net-scripts for interface lo
doman domain_name
ping to router results in 0% loss.
ping -c2 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8. 56(84) bytes of data.
--- 8.
8.8.8 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 1002ms
ping -c2 google.com
ping: unknown host google.com |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| OK, DNS issue has been resolved. there was a leftover character in the net file. |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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good, you found faster than i can type
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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your mount is identical to mine with respect to pts
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:12 pm Post subject: |
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let me ask this question: are there any setting files that root uses that is different from that of testuser's? I am just puzzled that things work for the root, but not for testuser/user. Perhaps there is a setting file that is owned by the root and user cannot access... Just trying to solve this problem.. I think this thread contains all the possible issues related to Gentoo.  |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2013 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | | cat /etc/conf.d/xdm |
DISPLAYMANAGER= is which?
wonder if we should try another user since I screwed up the last run twice ..
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