Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-20 Thread Shao Zhang
On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 02:01:48PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > Hi all, > > When I add users, they get this when they login: > > enterprise login: newuser > Password: > No directory, logging in with HOME=/ > No mail. That is very strange. What command did you use to add the user? Check

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 19 Jul, Patrick Kirk wrote about "Re: Adding users - two quick questions" > Thanks. I didn't even know there was a command adduser! Why is it better > than useradd? > adduser is just a perl script that was written by Debian developers. It ends up calling adduser a

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread Patrick Kirk
Thanks! Patrick

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread Leszek Gerwatowski
On Mon, Jul 19, 1999 at 03:06:59PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote: > > > > > > About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the > user's > > homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means > > that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user,

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread David Wright
Quoting Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the > user's > > homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means > > that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user, but > > you may hav

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread Patrick Kirk
Thanks. I didn't even know there was a command adduser! Why is it better than useradd? Patrick

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread S. Massy
Hm. usually the home directory is set up and created in the adduser sequence. You usually get something like: home directory: (/home/$logname) what you can do by hand is check your "/etc/passwd" file and make sure the home directory field (ie the field before the shell path) points to an existing

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread Patrick Kirk
> > > About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the user's > homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means > that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user, but > you may have other reasons. Just make sure that the entry in /etc/

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread David Wright
Quoting Patrick Kirk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi all, > > When I add users, they get this when they login: > > enterprise login: newuser > Password: > No directory, logging in with HOME=/ > No mail. > > Why is no home directory available for them and how do I get the system to > create default dir

Re: Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread Carl Mummert
About the 'no home' ting: it means that the system couldn't cd to the user's homedir after assuming the identity of the user. Usually this means that /home isn't mounted, or wasn't mounted when you added the user, but you may have other reasons. Just make sure that the entry in /etc/passwd for

Adding users - two quick questions

1999-07-19 Thread Patrick Kirk
Hi all, When I add users, they get this when they login: enterprise login: newuser Password: No directory, logging in with HOME=/ No mail. Why is no home directory available for them and how do I get the system to create default directories by appending the username to /home? I need to be able

Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/15/99 4:45:39 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Just curious - is there a doc that lists comparisons between GNOME and KDE? > > Just to to dejanews and do a search under 'flame'. ;-) > LOL - Okay. I've picked myself up off the floor now. ;) > S

Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > Just curious - is there a doc that lists comparisons between GNOME and KDE? Just to to dejanews and do a search under 'flame'. ;-) Seriously, I don't know of any document that does that exactly, but you can read one author's opinions at http://linux.miningco.com/

Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread Bob Nielsen
On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, David Densmore wrote: > 1. Is Gnome a window manager for X, or is it a replacement for X? >(or it it something else?) It is something else. Gnome stands for GNU Network Object Model Environment. It is (or will be when completed) a complete desktop based on the GTK+ toolk

Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/15/99 4:05:04 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Something else. You can use your existing WM with gnome. > Gnome just provides libraries for applications and also several > utility apps. The gnome-panel is an example of a utility app. > Also, the gnome

Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread Florian Steffen
1. Gnome is not a replacement for X, nor a Window Manager. You need both X and a window manager (any one will work, but some, like WindowMaker or Enlightenment, provides additional functionalities to work seamlessly with gnome). Gnome is a desktop environment, that means that it provides an integra

Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > 1. Is Gnome a window manager for X, or is it a replacement for X? >(or it it something else?) Something else. You can use your existing WM with gnome. Gnome just provides libraries for applications and also several utility apps. The gnome-panel is an example

Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread MallarJ
In a message dated 3/15/99 3:26:24 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 1. Is Gnome a window manager for X, or is it a replacement for X? > (or it it something else?) > Gnome is more of an object handling system than anything. I suppose you could consider it a desktop envi

Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread David Densmore
1. Is Gnome a window manager for X, or is it a replacement for X? (or it it something else?) 2. What is the advantage of using a kernel source package in .deb format as opposed to a generic kernel source in tar.gz format?

Re: two quick questions

1999-02-21 Thread Andrei Ivanov
> How can I make setserial changes permanent. I'm using com 7 which is > 0x3E8 > and irq 5. Irq 5 instead of irq 4 is a permanent change as far as my system > goes but setserial reverts back to irq 4 at each reboot. man setserial, the file you need to edit is /etc/rc.boot/0setserial Andrew

two quick questions

1999-02-21 Thread wtb
How can I make setserial changes permanent. I'm using com 7 which is 0x3E8 and irq 5. Irq 5 instead of irq 4 is a permanent change as far as my system goes but setserial reverts back to irq 4 at each reboot. Using winsock/netscape/windows 3.11 How can I be sure that *.deb files down