Unable to log on as a normal user

[Phil Buckley]

Well I still can't understand it, but putting in the user "philb" at the
command line seemed to work.

Thanks everyone,
Phil

Chuck Young wrote:
> 
> This will happen when your home directory does not exist or is too low on
> disk space to write on for some WM's.  If your home directory is owned by
> another user, like root, it will also screw things up.
> 
> Suggestions:
> 
> 1. Check the disk space/ownership issue.  If OK
> 
> 2. Create a new account for a new username (use the command line "adduser
> xxxx" as root and then "passwd xxxx" as root.)
> 
> 3.  Let us know how you made out.
> 
> Hope This Helps
> 
> Chuck Young
> GTE Internetworking
> 
> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999, Phil wrote:
> 
> > Date: Mon, 19 Jul 1999 11:25:19 -0400
> > From: Phil <1918 at 1918.com>
> > Reply-To: phil at 1918.com
> > To: Boston Linux Users Group <discuss at Blu.Org>
> > Subject: Unable to log on as a normal user
> >
> > I'm running RH6 and now can no longer log on using my normal login.
> >
> > It lets me log in as root, but when I log in as a normal user, it
> > accepts my name and password, then blinks the screen and returns me to
> > the login screen.
> >
> > So I finally became so frustrated that I deleted my account and then set
> > it up again using linuxconf.
> >
> > In my feeble mind I thought that would fix the problem.
> >
> > NO NO NO - I should of figured that the gods of simple problem
> > resolution would not be available today.
> >
> > Any ideas, hints, suggestions???
> >
> > Phil Buckley
> >
> >
> >
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