Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:39:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Keith Pitcher <kpitcher@weirdness.com>, Owner Questions FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: adduser Message-ID: <19980207153916.30708@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <34DBE96B.3D9C8C7D@weirdness.com>; from Keith Pitcher on Fri, Feb 06, 1998 at 11:56:11PM -0500 References: <34DBE96B.3D9C8C7D@weirdness.com>
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On Fri, 6 February 1998 at 23:56:11 -0500, Keith Pitcher wrote: > I just installed 2.2.5 and am a new user to FreeBSD. I've noticed a few > strange things, and haven't came across the answers in the mans or the > Complete FreeBSD book. I only see one strange thing below. Are there more? > I created one other user (keithp) in the system install. Now I can't use > Xwindows with this user. Other Users that I have since created with > adduser can access Xwindows. For some reason the /usr/X11R6/bin is not > being added to the path, even though it is defined in the .login > > 1) Why did this happen? At a guess, there's a bug in your .login, or you're not running a csh or similar shell. See page 151/152 of the Second Edition for the relationships. > 2) How do I fix this without removing/re-adding the user Fix your .login file (if you're using *csh) or put the information in the correct file if you're using a different shell. Greg
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