dsl

[James McDonald]

Bob Hemus wrote:
> That's DamnSmallLinux.  I've put it on my old Compaq laptop.  Works
> great, except...  I only, ever get "box login:" So I have to log in as
> root.  addeduser bob_hemus, put in a password, every thing seemed to
> function, except when I cd to /home/bob I always end up in a # promp
> just like always on anything else.  Any ideas?  David or ??? anybody.
> Thanks.  Prolly be a couple of days 'til I get back to you.
> Bob
>
>   
adduser in redhat was modified to copy /etc/skel to the new users home 
directory. DSL probably doesn't do this automatically. So you might try

cp -pr /etc/skel/.[^.]* /home/username