On Wed, 10 Apr 2002 22:02:48 -0400
"rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I'm running RH 7.0, and I'm experiencing a perplexing problem.
> 
> What I did was:
> 
> 1) I created a new user in linuxconf called 'carolyn'
> 
> 2) The main group is 'carolyn'
> 
> 3) alternative group is 'mcclear'
> 
> 4) home directory is '/var/www/html/www.mollyjohnson.com'
> 
> 5) I exited from linuxconf after creating a new password
> 
> 6) Ownership of the directories is 'carolyn.mcclear'
> 
> 7) permissions on the directories are 755
> 
> What happens incorrectly is:
> 
> If I try to 'su carolyn', the prompt I get is 'bash-2.04$' instead of
> 'carolyn@athena /root$'
> 
> Any ideas?

When you add a  newuser with useradd, it uses the /etc/skel to make the default 
/home/<newuser> setup. 
That means that each new user has a .bashrc and .bash-profile. There the user's name 
is exported with:

   export USERNAME BASH_ENV SHELL 

In linuxconf you just get to select /bin/bash at the shell. Check to see if she has a 
.bash_profile and what it reads.


> 
> Please excuse my ignorance, but I'm self-taught in Linux.  This summer
> I'm going to take the RHCE courses, and when I'm done perhaps I'll be
> able to help with answering dumb questions like this one!
> 
Share what you know, learn what you don't. The only trhing "dumb" is not asking :) 

> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Rob Yale
> 
                                                                                       
 Regards,

                                                                                       
     Tom



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