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# 1  
Old 07-20-2009
New user can not log in

Recently I created new user because I don not wont to use root account as default
but when I want to login I can choose Java desktop and after few seconds , system returns me back to login screnn , only root account woks fine
# 2  
Old 07-20-2009
are you sure to have correctly created this user account?
the user can login from the console?
user home directory exist?
have you created password for new user?
# 3  
Old 07-20-2009
I created user in old fashion way

Code:
useradd -d /export/home/denis -m -s /bin/tcsh -c "Name+Surname" denis


then

Code:
passwd denis

# 4  
Old 07-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by microbot
Recently I created new user because I don not wont to use root account as default
but when I want to login I can choose Java desktop and after few seconds , system returns me back to login screnn , only root account woks fine
OS version?

What are logs sayin????
# 5  
Old 07-20-2009
I have last version of Solaris 10

I must restart machine to get logs
# 6  
Old 07-20-2009
Quote:
Originally Posted by microbot
I have last version of Solaris 10

I must restart machine to get logs

what about CDE ..not java. same issue?
why u need restart for logs?
give me output

grep denis /etc/passwd

does denis login in with CLI?? not X.
# 7  
Old 07-20-2009
the user can login from the console?

Code:
# grep denis /etc/passwd
# ls -l /export/home
# which tcsh

output?


ok ... will help you samar, it is useless to write the same things in two Smilie

Last edited by gxmsgx; 07-20-2009 at 08:40 AM..
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