Date: Sun, 4 Oct 1998 10:13:46 +0000 From: Ghulum Dastgir <Ghulam_Dastgir@uk.ibm.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: new users and headaches Message-ID: <5060100024178032000002L022*@MHS>
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hi, after adding a new user I see that there is nothing in the new user's home directory. So when I try starting X windows (as the new user) with startx/xinit it says command not found (X already works as root). Given that i have nothing in the new user's home directory does this probably explain why I can't start X? I thought that using adduser automatically copied over the basic, already installed utilities from root to the new user. But this does not appear to be the case. Why? So do I now have to go about copying everything that i use in root to the new user? This would include X, emacs, gcc etc in my case. Also when i echo $PATH as this new user i get /usr/bin:/bin. Does this also explain things. Thanks, Ghulam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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