(Ask)User cannot browse

[deftoners]

Hi everyone,

i need your help guys. I just installed BackTrack 4 Final to my notebook. Then i login for the first time as root. then enter GUI using startx.

I check my eth card, it's detected and i try to browse to internet using Firefox, and it works.

Then i make new user, using "adduser" command. then make the password for the new user.
After that, i logout from root, and login as the new user eg: jhon.

I login as jhon, and enter startx, then enter the GUI. I try to browse using Firefox, but it can't. I can't browse the internet.
Also i try to change date and time (using "jhon" as the user), it shows "Run as root - KDE su", and i enter the default root password (toor). but i can't open it too, it shows "Incorrect password; please try again"...

Could you please help me how to fix these, guys?

Thanks a lot... and sorry if my english is not good enough.

[Xortor]

Hi,

Frst off, add your new account to the sudoers group:

A. Open a Root Terminal and type visudo (to access and edit the list)
B. Using the up/down arrows, navigate to the bottom of the sudoers file that is now displayed in the terminal
C. Just under the line that looks like the following:

root ALL=(ALL) ALL

D. Add the following (replacing user with your actual username):

user ALL=(ALL) ALL

E. Now press Ctrl+X and press Y when promted to save

Now Open up a new shell and type;

sudo start-network

Enter YOUR password.

now type;

ifconfig


This will list all you active network connections.

Look for the line;

inet addr:***.***.***.***

It should be populated with an IP address (should start off with 192 if your connected to a router or if your on a LAN)

Try a simple Ping to Google. You should get some response and you will be able to browse the Internet.

[BeNeDeLuX]

it shows "Incorrect password; please try again"...

Try to set a new root password if "toor" doesn´t work:

# sudo su
# passwd

I try to browse using Firefox, but it can't. I can't browse the internet.

Open a Terminal as jhon and start the network with sudo

# sudo start-network

then you sould be able to browse or ?

Greez BeNe

[clutch]

Go in K Menu > System > Users and Groups and see what the permissions are on the user you added. I set up my user acct this way and I think I remember having to check off a few extra boxes.

[deftoners]

Thanks Xortor, BeNeDeLux, clutch... i follow your instruction. And it works. but after restart and using "jhon" when login, i can't browse to internet again. i check ifconfig, it didn't detect my eth and wlan.

But then i got this command from internet
sudo update-rc.d networking defaults
i finally can browse to the internet using "jhon", although i restart Backtrack.

Regards,

-=D=-