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- From: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Subject: Re: Rebuilding Desktop under AUX 3.0
- Message-ID: <1082@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- Reply-To: jim@jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov (Jim Jagielski)
- Organization: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
- References: <1992Sep9.151909.13801@wl.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 17:19:31 GMT
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- duffiem@wl.com (Mark Duffield) writes:
-
- >I've been trying to rebuild the desktop from a non-root account under AUX 3.0
- >without success. My method has been to hold down the command and option keys
- >during the login process. This does not seem to work from a non-root account.
- >It DOES seem to work from a root account. However, when logging in as a
- >non-root user after the desktop has been rebuilt from root, I do not see
- >a new desktop (no new fancy icons).
-
- >Am I doing something wrong? My non-root users login to /users/<username>. I
- >haven't done anything wierd to the file systems (as far as I know). Any help
- >would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
-
- You may have to rebuilt the Desktop from a root account and then copy the
- specific files (Desktop D?) over to the user account. Does the user have
- their own personal System Folder... sounds like it.
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