$HOME/.dmrc file

[chejose]

The last couple of days, when I start up, a good ways into the "boot' session, the following message comes up:

"Users $HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. Users $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users."

It then waits for an "OK" before continuing.

I sure don't remember touching anything that should affect that, so have no idea what the problem is nor how to correct it.
So I turn to you folk again.
Thanks.

[Seve]

Hello:
This error is a result of the permissions/ownership being changed on the /home and or /home/username
directories.
If you are careful and follow the instructions as output from the error message you should be able to correct this.

Seve

[chejose]

Hello again Seve:
Well, if that error message also gives the instructions as to how to correct it, I am afraid that I am lost. I have never run into the matter of permissions before, so don't know how to change them. It is fairly obvious in Windows, but here I am wandering in a different jungle!
José

[leigh123linux]

try adding a new user and see if it has the same issue

su -
adduser test

logout and into the new account

[chejose]

Good afternoon Leigh!
Well, I tried it, but my version says that there is no such command as "adduser".
José

[Seve]

Originally Posted by chejose

Hello again Seve:
Well, if that error message also gives the instructions as to how to correct it, I am afraid that I am lost. I have never run into the matter of permissions before, so don't know how to change them. It is fairly obvious in Windows, but here I am wandering in a different jungle!
José

Hello:
If you right click on the /home folder and select Properties / Permissions it will display the current status:

The /home directory should be as follows
Owner -- Root
Folder Access -- Create and delete
Group --- Root
Folder Access -- Access files
Others
Folder Access -- Access files

If you right click on the /home/username folder and select Properties / Permissions it will display the current status:

The /home/username should be as follows:
Owner -- username
Folder Access -- Create and delete
File Access --- ----
Group --- username
Folder Access -- None
File Access --- ----
Others
Folder Access -- None
File Access --- ----


Seve

[chejose]

Seve - finally back to it after 27 updates and a slow-afternoon connection.

I did what you suggested (and learned something). The "Group" and "Others" were both set to Create and delete. So I put them to "None".
Reboot, but the message still comes up.
José

[u-noneinc-s]

You can type this in a terminal

ls -l ~/.dmrc

and the result should be

-rw------- 1 mark users 22 Feb  2 16:46 /home/mark/.dmrc

(your username will vary ).
the -rw------- means that only you can read or write this file. If it says anything else, I'm sure Seve or Leigh will tell you how to correct it.

As for adduser test, you must first su - (su means superuser or root and the - means with root environment). You will be prompted for a password. enter root password then try adduser test again.

[chejose]

Ouch... this is getting thick.
OK, I did the command "adduser" as root, but it still says there is no such command.
As for the other, here are the results:

[root@localhost jose]# ls -1 ~/.dmrc
ls: /root/.dmrc: No such file or directory
[root@localhost jose]# adduser test
bash: adduser: command not found

It makes me feel kind of stupid when nothing works... though I am learning that way bit by very little bit.
José

[leigh123linux]

first command not as root

ls -l ~/.dmrc

try this to add new user

su -
useradd test

[Seve]

Hello Jose:
Just open a terminal as user and not as root. and copy and paste what u-noneinc-s provided to you.
Then post the output

Seve

[chejose]

OK... first this one:

[jose@localhost ~]$ ls -l ~/.dmrc
-rw-rw-rw- 1 jose jose 26 Jan 1 09:48 /home/jose/.dmrc

As for the other, it looks like Fedora just doesn't want any new users:

[root@localhost jose]# useradd test
bash: useradd: command not found
José

[Seve]

Hello Jose:
First open a terminal and type
chmod 600 /home/jose/.dmrc
then post the output of
ls -l ~/.dmrc

Seve

Originally Posted by chejose

OK... first this one:

[jose@localhost ~]$ ls -l ~/.dmrc
-rw-rw-rw- 1 jose jose 26 Jan 1 09:48 /home/jose/.dmrc

As for the other, it looks like Fedora just doesn't want any new users:

[root@localhost jose]# useradd test
bash: useradd: command not found
José

That's because you didn't follow Leigh's instructions. Look carefully:

su -

That is su space dash

If you don't use the dash you will have to use the full path to the command, which is:

/usr/sbin/adduser

Wayne

[chejose]

OK, keep learning. I had no idea that a dash after su meant anything.
Anyway, here is the output from what Seve mentioned:

[jose@localhost ~]$ chmod 600 /home/jose/.dmrc
[jose@localhost ~]$ ls -l ~/.dmrc
-rw------- 1 jose jose 26 Jan 1 09:48 /home/jose/.dmrc