From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Sep 21 17:06:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA21594 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:06:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA21416 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:06:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA16228; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:05:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 17:05:25 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Ghulum Dastgir cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: shells, users and X In-Reply-To: <5060100023679139000002L092*@MHS> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Ghulum Dastgir wrote: > hi, > > well here goes: > > 1. I've installed X-windows on my FBSD installation then decided to > change my root shell from /bin/csh to /bin/bash. After editing with vipw I > found I couldn't access > X-windows anymore i.e. if I enter startx: it says command not found. > How can I fix this as startx was working previously with csh? His startup file was ~/.cshrc, now it's ~/.bashrc or ~/.profile. He probably needs to move his paths over. > 2. More importantly, when I add a user I find that the user's home > directory is either /home/username/username or /usr/username. These home > directories don't list any files and startx doesn't work. What did you tell adduser to base it's home directories off of? It should be /usr/home. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message