Re: adduser - X access?
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 21:10:29 -0500, Rich <rehartma@artsci.wustl.edu> wrote:
> Howdy all,
>
> This is probably a very simple mistake which I am overlooking but I
> cannot
> find any info - I've added the user"guest" to my home machine so that my
> in-laws can access the internet during the day whilst watching the
> grandkid.... I was going to set up their X Window session that the only
> icons
> visible were "pon/poff" and "konqueror" - however, I can't even get into
> X as
> guest... is this a "group" issue? WDM just flashes to the X-screen
> briefly
> and then back to WDM. Any other issues to make sure that all they can do
> is
> connect to the net and save files to their own home directory?
Can you log in as guest at the console? Does "guest" have a home
directory? Is your X configured properly (so an ~/.xsession isn't
required)? Mostly sounds like WDM gets an error trying to start
a session for the user. So, what does /usr/bin/x-window-manager
point to?
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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