From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Feb 6 21:09:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA12317 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:09:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA12302 for ; Fri, 6 Feb 1998 21:09:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA10246; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:39:17 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id PAA00293; Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:39:17 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980207153916.30708@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sat, 7 Feb 1998 15:39:16 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Keith Pitcher , Owner Questions FreeBSD Subject: Re: adduser References: <34DBE96B.3D9C8C7D@weirdness.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <34DBE96B.3D9C8C7D@weirdness.com>; from Keith Pitcher on Fri, Feb 06, 1998 at 11:56:11PM -0500 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe questions" 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