newb: can't login correctly as normal user

eeyoree · 01-08-2005, 10:36 AM

i try add normal user with 'adduser' command, everything looks fine
until i try to login with this new username, there is a message:

No directory, logging in with HOME=/
/dev/tty1: Permission denied

i'm sure there is a /home/<username> directory and nothing wrong with permission

question changed see:http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...82#post1396582 below

SlackerLX · 01-08-2005, 10:48 AM

Is that programming question? I do not understand what you're trying to do?

eeyoree · 01-08-2005, 10:56 AM

ah, forget the PHP part. thats may sig

i think i'll remove them now

LasseW · 01-08-2005, 10:58 AM

Do a

grep <username> /etc/passwd

and verify once more that the home (the 6th field) really exists. If it does, post the output of

ls -ld /home/<username>

SlackerLX · 01-08-2005, 11:02 AM

If you add user and you're still on initial terminal then call for DM<

> Not Dungeon Master but Desktop Manager of your liking such as
$gdm
or kdm or xdm if you may
Login from there as normal user

eeyoree · 01-08-2005, 11:04 AM

yes, offcourse it is there

btw, here is my ls -ld /home/xyz
drwx--x--x 2 xyz users 4096 Jan9 00:00 /home/xyz

eeyoree · 01-08-2005, 11:07 AM

no, im not using a DE just openbox

login in text mode, and startx

SlackerLX · 01-08-2005, 11:13 AM

Then it's only the permission problem. Have you tried evil chmodding yet?

eeyoree · 01-08-2005, 11:31 AM

yes, i've already tried chmoding /home/xyz
as i post above owner of /dev/xyz is 'xyz' and group of /dev/xyz is 'users'
nothing wrong right?

note: when chmoding /dev/tty1 it will return to default permission when reboot

SlackerLX · 01-08-2005, 11:38 AM

If chmod 666 has not worked either, then smth is more serious then that

eeyoree · 01-08-2005, 11:43 AM

i even has tried 777

SlackerLX · 01-08-2005, 11:48 AM

May I ask what's wrong in using DM? DM seems like easy solution to me...

sharper · 01-08-2005, 12:15 PM

Reaching here, but what does /etc/passwd have for the shell? If it somehow got set to an invalid shell the user can not login. It should probably be /bin/bash

eeyoree · 01-08-2005, 01:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SlackerLX
May I ask what's wrong in using DM? DM seems like easy solution to me...

GNOME and KDE too bloated for me
even XFCE (/me using XFCE before) now seems no longer free cholesterol again...

BTW, now i change my question:

what should it be/or the best for:
- owner, group and chmod for /home
- owner, group and chmod for /home/username
- owner, group and chmod for /dev
- owner, group and chmod for /dev/* (like /dev/dsp, /dev/tty?)

SlackerLX · 01-08-2005, 01:39 PM

Since I have ssh access disabled I use 666 for everything. Works for me. I do not care if it's evil coding or some other bullsh#t!