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Date:      Sat, 7 Nov 1998 01:49:45 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        Stephen Derdau <sderdau@bit-net.com>
Cc:        "FreeBSD .org" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: XDM root path & just a user path
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811070149080.6949-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <363DC063.AAF0F510@bit-net.com>

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On Mon, 2 Nov 1998, Stephen Derdau wrote:

> I'm running XDM and have it started 
> via /etc/rc.local   
> xdm -f /etc/xdm.conf
> 	!/bin/sh
> 		if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm ] ; then
>        	 # need to cleanup first.
>         if [ -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm-pid ] ; then
>         rm -f /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-pid
>         fi
>         	# now, we can start it.
>         echo -n "xdm";  /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
> fi
> 
> Everything works better than being locked out on my
> keyboard by starting it via /usr/local/etc/rc.d/xdm.sh
> 
> Any way I can't figure out why when I log in as root
> It doesn't see the patch /usr/local/bin.

Because /root/.cshrc doesn't have those paths specified?

Don't log in as root.  Log in as yourself and use su.

Doug White                               
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