dsl

[Bob Hemus]

On Tue, 2007-07-17 at 12:34 +1000, James McDonald wrote:
> 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
> 
> 
Thanks, James., but I'm Sooo 'Shamed!!!  The day we were gone for
doctors' appointments I took my Running Linux.  Guess what I found?  The
very same thing.  Just like my Dad always said, "When all else fails
read the instructions".
Thanks, again,
Bob