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Problem starting the CDE as non-root user
What we eventually dicovered was that the system had flagged all the users home directories as having owner and group root which meant that log and initialisation couldn't be written to the directory and the CDE would not start.<br><br>Strangely smitty was also flagging new users home... -
Problem starting the CDE as non-root user
Unfortunately that didn't work. Only the root user seems to be able to start the DT messaging service so I must assume that some file or directory permissions were not set correctly during installation. Or else the user needs to belong to a group which can start the system. -
Problem starting the CDE as non-root user
We have recently acquired some RS/6000s pre-installed by the supplier with AIX 4.3.3. After creating a new user the user is unable to start the CDE after login to the graphical login screen with an error stating: The DT messaging system could not be started. The root user is however able to...
