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Old 07-13-2002, 11:05 AM   #1
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Gnome-Terminal non root issues


I have recently installed LFS w/ Gnome as the Desktop Manager. I log into Gnome through xdm (b/c gdm won't compile). The problem I am having is that if I log on as a non root user gnome-terminal won't run. It just pops up and says "could not execute command : file or directory doesn't exist". I assume this is a permissions issue b/ am not sure what to correct. I also noticed (through running bash through xterm) that my PATH variable is totally fucked up. It reads /garnome/bin::blalba:/usr/ucb (yes, two :'s). I have no idea how /usr/ucb got there b/c it is not listed in any of my bash startup scripts. Also, the bash scripts never seem to be executed. I altered them entirely(export various variables to see if they would exist or if they would be altered), but to no avail. None of them are ever executed! This is very frustrating b/c i hate having to log on as root just to execute everything.
 
Old 07-13-2002, 11:38 AM   #2
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Make your PATH looking good:
export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin
or something similar, depending on directory structure you use. Add this line to your user's starting scripts, or (better) to your global starting scripts. usually it's /etc/profile.
 
Old 07-13-2002, 09:28 PM   #3
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I have. That's the problem. My bash startup scripts aren't being run. /etc/profile included
 
Old 07-14-2002, 05:19 AM   #4
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But root's one are? root's PATH is OK, right?
 
Old 07-14-2002, 09:40 AM   #5
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yes. Every variable, etc. works perfectly when logged in as root. As root all the bash scripts are run. The problem is that for some reason they aren't being run when non-root users are logged in. Also some programs like gnome-terminal fail to run at all.
 
Old 07-15-2002, 02:30 AM   #6
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Try to include them into /etc/bashrc
 
Old 07-15-2002, 10:08 PM   #7
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i figured out the problem. When i created the user accounts i didn't directly state which shell to give the accounts. I found out that the useradd command defaults to sh instead of bash. So to fix it i just did a usermod -s /bin/bash to the users and voila..fixed. Also the weird PATH was also the result of creating the users under group bin accidentally.
 
  


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