On Fri, 2009-03-13 at 01:25 +0000, Dave Bolt IT Solutions wrote: > When I start a terminal as dave I get a prompt [dave@Test-Host ~]$ > When I do su amandabackup I get a prompt bash-3.2$ The prompt display is configured per user, the amandabackup user appears to not have any configuration. You can see the same thing by creating a new user, and wiping out *all* the files and directories in their homespace, but most specifically, the dot-prefixed bash files (.bash_profile &/or .bashrc). > From the first prompt I can launch gedit, from the second I get an error, No > protocol specified, gedit:4724, Gtk-WARNING ** cannot open display. My guess might be that the amandabackup user doesn't have a homespace, or points to one with permissions or SELinux restrictions preventing it being used as normal homespace. > Since both of these users are apparently configured for bash, can anyone > explain what is happening? They're *probably* not, bash is *probably* the default, in the absence of configuration to the contrary. I saw a similar thing (shell prompts & disallowed displays) when I did an experiment of trying to use a FAT32 formatted USB memory stick as the homespace for a new user. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.19-78.2.30.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
