On 1/20/2010 10:21 AM, Robert Nesius wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 1:23 AM, greg wm <tclug1 at greatlakedata.com > <mailto:tclug1 at greatlakedata.com>> wrote: > > > Otherwise, make sure your system is up to date and running the > latest > kernel (not sure what the Hardy roadmap looks like so I am > unsure as to > what the lastest is, just run apt-get install dist-upgrade) > > > yes i'm dist-upgrade already. as root, works, bingo! also works as > the user created by the ubuntu installer. but as any other user, not. > > > I see the issue was group memberships (from the mail after this one) > > How did you create the user? I'd expect there to be a way to create a > user in Ubuntu that would have covered details like "appropriate group > memberships"... > > -Rob Nothing too fancy: xbmc at mediabox:~$ sudo adduser test Adding user `test' ... Adding new group `test' (1002) ... Adding new user `test' (1002) with group `test' ... The home directory `/home/test' already exists. Not copying from `/etc/skel'. adduser: Warning: The home directory `/home/test' does not belong to the user you are currently creating. Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully Changing the user information for test Enter the new value, or press ENTER for the default Full Name []: Room Number []: Work Phone []: Home Phone []: Other []: Is the information correct? [Y/n] xbmc at mediabox:~$ sudo adduser test audio Adding user `test' to group `audio' ... Adding user test to group audio Done. I'm sure you could assign the group during using 'adduser' as well but I was lazy reading the man page ADDUSER(8). You could check the gnome tools, but as far as I know they don't have a useradd utility. -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org - against proprietary attachments