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Old 11-26-2004, 09:22 PM   #1
skvasistha
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creating new users


hi all!
i have created users using
useradd -d /home/students/2001/cs101 -p ''
the directory cs101 was already there for some other user that has been deleted.
now after creating this user whwn i tried to log in
kde is unable to start.
it shows some pop up error messages like.........
--check that dcopserver program is running.
--no write access to $home(/home/2001/cs101)
however there is no problem in logging in to root.
pl help.
 
Old 11-26-2004, 10:31 PM   #2
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What is the owner/group and permission information on that directory?
 
Old 11-26-2004, 10:39 PM   #3
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owner:cs101
group: users
Permissions:
owner: can view and modify
group: forbidden
others:forbidden
 
Old 11-26-2004, 11:02 PM   #4
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When you are logged into the system as cs101 and go to /home/2001/cs101 and type touch temp does it create a file named temp in the directory?
 
  


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