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Subject: Re: startx not working for new user
In-Reply-To: <5060100023739563000002L032*@MHS> from Ghulum Dastgir at "Sep 22, 98 06:06:54 pm"
To: Ghulam_Dastgir@uk.ibm.com (Ghulum Dastgir)
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:57:48 -0500 (CDT)
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In a previous message, Ghulum Dastgir said:
> hi,
> 
> after having startx work for root I added a user using adduser. Only to find
> that startx no longer works for the user (user is using the bash shell). I
> checked the following:
> 
>   path in both /.profile and /root/.profile was set to
> /usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usrX11R6/bin
                                                  ^^
/usr/X11R6/bin

> 
> When startx is entered for user it says command not found. Confirmed that
> startx (and xinit) exists in /usr/X11R6/bin with r/x permissions for all three
> octal groups.
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> ghulam
> 
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