<div id="RTEContent">You are absolutely right. I used "chown -R user2:user2 /home/home/user2" <br> and met some permission problems. And I can log in as the user2, <br> though a lot errors jumped out. Some said the configuration is not working <br> properly. And the windows like in a falsesafe system. I will try your other <br> suggestions later and let you know what happened. Again, thanks for the <br> valued information.<br> <br> Deliang<br><br><b><i>Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com></i></b> wrote:<blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> Deliang Shi <sdliang02 @yahoo.com=""> wrote:<br><br>> Thanks for the quick reply and I found my lines are really too<br>> long:)<br>> <br>> They are not mounted in the same place. In fact I have <br>> different user name for individual home directory. <br>> <br>> new user1 /home/user1 <br>> original user2 /home/home/user2
<br>> <br>> user1 is created during this installation and user2 is from <br>> original version(I am not sure if it is related to NIS/NFS).From<br>> the users and groups adminstation window, I can find user1, but <br>> not user2.<br><br>Did you overwrite your password database when you "upgraded"?<br>If so, you'll need to create a new user2 user. Once you've<br>done that, do a "chown -R user2:user2 /home/home/user2" to<br>ensure permissions are correct.<br><br>If permissions aren't correct, RedHat may give you grief about<br>setting that user's home directory to a location that is unwriteable<br>by that user (I don't remember what RH does). If that's the case,<br>you'll need to create a temp home directory, then change ownership,<br>then change the home directory.<br><br>Look at the man page for "vipw" as an example. as well as "man 5 passwd".<br>I'm not sure how the GUI user admin program does this<br><br>> <br>> By log in as user1, I can access both
/home/user1 and /home/home/user2<br>> <br>> I don't know how to log in as user2.<br>> <br>> Deliang<br>> <br>> <br>> Bill Moran <wmoran @potentialtech.com=""> wrote: Deliang Shi wrote:<br>> <br>> > Linux is installed in my notebook, root is /dev/hdc3 and home directory is<br>> > /dev/hdc6. After I format /dev/hdc3 and upgrade from FC1 to FC3, another<br>> > home directory is created on /dev/hdc3 and I can only log into this home<br>> > directory. I couldn't log into the original home directory on /dev/hdc6.<br>> > Both /dev/hdc3 and /dev/hdc6 are mounted.<br>> <br>> (please wrap your lines around 72 chars or so)<br>> <br>> Are they both mounted on the same place? What does "mount" say?<br>> <br>> If they're both mounted in the same place, then one will "overlay" the<br>> other (hide it). So the trick will be to keep the second one from<br>> mounting.<br>> <br>> -- <br>> Bill
Moran<br>> Potential Technologies<br>> http://www.potentialtech.com<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Deliang Shi<br>> University of Pittsburgh<br>> Chemical Engineering Department<br>> 1249 Benedum Hall<br>> 3700 O'Hara Street<br>> Pittsburgh PA 15261<br>> <br>> Phone: (412) 624 2195<br>> Fax: (412) 624 9639<br><br><br>-- <br>Bill Moran<br>Potential Technologies<br>http://www.potentialtech.com<br></wmoran></sdliang02></blockquote><br></div>