When you created your user, did you create a home directory for the account?
problems with permissions changing automatically
Hi, I installed BT3 to the hard drive and I created a user, but I cannot login to user until I change the permissions of the /tmp folder to 1777. The problem I am having is that everytime I reset the computer, the permissions on /tmp get reset to drwxr_xr_x. Anyone have a solution? Would be greatly appreciated.
When you created your user, did you create a home directory for the account?
yes.. /home/userOriginally Posted by cybrsnpr
what was the exact command you used to create the user account?
I used adduser
yes, I understand you used adduser, but what options and switches did you use? There could be a problem with how the directory was created, and knowing the exact syntax would aide in troubleshooting.
I just typed adduser and it guided me through the whole process. I did not use useradd.
What do you think is causing the /tmp directory to reset its permissions. It's either doing it on startup or shutdown.
I think you need to double check that the user account's home directory is correctly set in /etc/passwd and that the permissions on the user's home directory are also correctly set.
they match my settings from my Ubuntu partition.
It looks like there may be a fix for your problem on THIS blog.
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