Cannot log user; $HOME/.dmrc file
Hello,
I just finished upgrading from 2006 to 2007 Mandriva DVD i586 Powerpack. All seems great, except that out of my two user accounts, I am unable to log one of them in. I checked that the account is still there, along with all the files, but I get this message at the GUI login after I type the password: User's HOME/.dmc file is being ignored. This prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. USer's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users. The next step is that the system reboots. I checked the user permissions under System Configuartion and all seems the same between my two users. What do I need to do to fix this problem? Thanks for the help. -Phillip |
Please post the results of the follwing commands (as root):
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ls -l /home/<userid>/.dmc |
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Thank-you, Phillip |
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pu@slackw:~$ v .dmrc |
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[root@localhost Desktop]# v. dmrc bash: v.: command not found [root@localhost Desktop]# ~/.dmrc bash: /root/.dmrc: Permission denied [root@localhost Desktop]# cat .dmrc cat: .dmrc: No such file or directory After my .dmrc error as posted above, correction noted, I then received this partial message: /etc/x11/gdm/Presession/Default:Registering your session with wtmp and utmp /etc/x11/gdm/Presession/Default: running: /usr/bin/sessreg -a -w /var/log/wtmp -u /var/run/utmp -x "/var/lib/gdm/:20.Xservers " -h "" -l ":20""shari" There are four or five other lines after this. If you need these extra lines, is there a way I can access them from some log and then copy/paste? Thank-you, Phillip |
You need to do this a little better...
It's "v .dmrc" not "v. dmrc", and you need to be in your home directory, not in the Desktop directory. Or just do "v ~/.dmrc" and "cat ~/.dmrc". Finally, did you create ~/.dmrc or not? |
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[root@localhost home]# v .dmrc bash: v: command not found [root@localhost home]# v ~/.dmrc bash: v: command not found [root@localhost home]# cat ~/.dmrc [Desktop] Session=default |
This wasn't the clever solution that I wanted, nor the learning curve I was hoping for, but I at least solved my problem. I simply created another user, moved the files using root, and then deleted the "problem" user. Finished.
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