[gentoo-user] .dmrc error

2006-03-08 Thread c.s.prakash
haiwhen i login to root account thru gnome it shows an error massage ".dmrc file permission erroit should be 644 and owned by the user"but when i login to other accounts it does not show the error and while login to IceWM as root.i saw the file permission its also correct. how can solve this-- C.S

Re: [gentoo-user] .dmrc error

2006-03-08 Thread Tom Haddon
I had the same problem on Ubuntu. Just issue chmod 755 /home/. This isn't recursive and doesn't mean everyone can execute anything in your home directory - the execute bit only means traverse in reference to directories, so you should be okay. Thanks, Tom On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 14:14 +0530, c.s.pr

Re: [gentoo-user] .dmrc error

2006-03-08 Thread c.s.prakash
hai,   it worked for me, but since it a root's directory i dont any one to view the content on the folder.is there any other way to solve the problen.On 3/8/06, Tom Haddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I had the same problem on Ubuntu. Just issue chmod 755 /home/.This isn't recursive and doesn't mean

Re: [gentoo-user] .dmrc error

2006-03-08 Thread Tom Haddon
Didn't see the root account message. Not sure how you would resolve that one (could experiment with the permissions on the directory - try 750 or 700), but I think if you're worried about security, it's never a wise idea to log in to an X session as root. Is there some particular reason that you ha

Re: [gentoo-user] .dmrc error

2006-03-08 Thread c.s.prakash
still the same prolen on gentoo but it works fine in suse 10. i thought it will also work in gentoo but it still shows the same error in gentoo. On 3/8/06, Tom Haddon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Didn't see the root account message. Not sure how you would resolve thatone (could experiment with the p