"User's $HOME/.dmrc is being ignored..." error

[noniespclinux22]

Hello guys,

I am just doing some files sharing using samba to share folders with another pclinuxos machine. On my primary file server pclinuxos, everytime I bootup I am having this error

"User's $HOME/.dmrc is being ignored. This prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. User's $HOME directory must be owned by
user and not writeable by other users."

I might have done something wrong on sharing the folders under the home/nonie but I couldn't figure it out how to solve it. I removed all the shares that I have created but still this problem is displayed everytime I boot or reboot my computer. Please help.

Thanks and regards,
Nonie

[TerryN]

First thing I would do is check the ownership and permissions on the .dmrc file as the error message is suggesting.

You can either open a terminal and type:

Code:

ls -la .dmrc

or use a GUI file manager but you'll have to tell it to show "hidden" files and permissions (e.g. in Dolphin you would do ALT . for hidden files, CTRL 2 for details and then right click column heading and select permissions).

Terry

[Hootiegibbon]

noniespclinux22,

As you are unable to access your DE another solution would be to use ctrl+alt+f1 to got to a tty login.

login as your username

launch mc

locate and highlight the .dmrc file for the user

press f9 for the drop down

use the arrow keys to navigate to 'file' then select 'Chmod' and use spacebar to uncoment the read/write/execute by others sections (ie you own the file and are the only one that can write to it)

once done select set and save the change , then press f10 to close mc

once mc is closed, use alt+F8 (try F7 also) to return to the gui login, restart X by using ctrl+alt+backspace then try to log in

Jase

This should solve the issue
 

[noniespclinux22]

Hello,

I tried the mc and chmod and modified it to read user and write user, but still the error keeps on popping up after power on or restart.  I even compared it with my other pclinuxos .dmrc comparison using mc and they are already the same. Any suggestions? I might be missing something still.


Thanks and regards,
Nonie