Frank McCormick wrote: > Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Thu,16.Oct.08, 13:57:41, Frank McCormick wrote: > >> Lately I've noticed that when I logout, the system says I am logged in > >> as "comment", not my login name. I get into Gnome via GDM, and it > >> doesn't seem to matter whether I type in name and password..or let it > >> automatically log me in. If I drop into a terminal whoami says I am my > >> user name. > >> > >> Any ideas where to start looking. > > Can you reproduce the exact message mentioning user "comment"? > > > Regards, > > Andrei > > > Here's the full screenshot: > > http://imagebin.ca/view/bE6JKe.html > > > Cheers
I would try dropping to a Terminal window and running "whoami". I would look in /etc/password to see if "comment" shows up in that file. I'm suspecting this is specific to Gnome, in which case it may be just a field number mis-match in Gnome's reading of the /etc/password file, or something similar. -- Kent West <*)))>< http://kentwest.blogspot.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
