Damn Small Linux - Not!

fishtoprecords · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Northern VA,

I've just installed DSL-N on an ancient laptop. It seems to be working fairly well. I mostly want it to be a X-terminal to my other systems.

I've setup the hostname per the help files, but it want to use the 'dsl' username, and I'd rather use the same userid that I use on all my other systems (Mostly Mandriva, some SuSE, an old pre-commercial RedHat, etc.

Where is the default userid kept?
How do I change it?

Thanks

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

What type of install?
Does Setup->Add Users help?

fishtoprecords · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Northern VA,

Good question, I'm not sure I remember, I did the usual right-click -> install to hard disk and put it all on hda2

Is the installation type logged anywhere?

I did an add user, but when I reboot, it starts up in graphics mode (init level 5) with the user 'dsl' without showing any login screen.

I also tried to userdel dsl, which worked, but then on subsequent reboot things got moody since the scripts rely upon dsl.

I grep'd arround, and didn't see any obvious place to put my prefered login id.

Thanks

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

When you install to hard drive, one of the questions that you are prompted for is...

Multi user logins (y/..) ?

Apparently you chose no, i.e., to keep the installation as a single user (dsl) which bypasses the login and goes directly to X.

Had you select multiple user logins, you would have a login prompt.

fishtoprecords · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Northern VA,

I am sure that I entered y to the multi-user logins, at least the second time I installed DSL-N to my disk. (or maybe it was the third).

Is there a chance that the answer was lost in the script? or is there a way to tell now?
It wouldn't kill me to re-re install, but this is a pretty slow computer (p2-233) so I only want to reinstall to greatly improve things Smile

Thanks

sankarv · Joined: 05 Aug 2006 Posts: 8

This might help you.
In the terminal window just give

[i]sudo su[/i]

and then

[i]adduser[/i]

enter the user details again.
Now check after restart.

fishtoprecords · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Northern VA,

checked /etc/passwd, and the userid was there. so got su,
did a userdel and then a adduser.
Got prompted for all the usual userid, real name, etc.
rebooted. It just loged me in as 'dsl' and did not prompt
for any userid/password.

It is acting as if it doesn't know that there are additional users/userids in the /etc/passwd file,
so I never get a chance to enter anything. I don't want to be user "dsl'
even if I am using it.

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

Found the problem. It is/will be fixed in RC4.

fishtoprecords · Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Posts: 10 Location: Northern VA,

Just installed RC4. Got it installed to hard disk, did a setup-> add user, added my self.
Rebooted.

Boots directly into X-windows as user 'dsl' without ever asking for a username.

Inittab is set to 5, so I expect the Xwindows.

I'd be happy if it could be hardcoded to something other than 'dsl' but I don't see which magic config file contains that. But I'd really rather have the usual login/password dialog box when X first starts up.

thanks
Pat

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

During a traditional hard drive install you are prompted to install with multi users (y/n). If so chosen then it will not boot to X but to a traditional login prompt.

lsd · Joined: 05 Dec 2006 Posts: 4

[quote="roberts"]During a traditional hard drive install you are prompted to install with multi users (y/n). If so chosen then it will not boot to X but to a traditional login prompt.[/quote]

I just installed rc4 to a vmware HD and that is indeed how it works.

(nice job all round btw!)