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From: Van Chocstraw on 17 Nov 2009 20:16 How do you create an account in Puppy 4.3.10. Why don't it have a home directory? Root all the time?
From: Lew Pitcher on 17 Nov 2009 20:25 On November 17, 2009 20:16, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Van Chocstraw (boobooililililil(a)roadrunner.com) wrote: > How do you create an account in Puppy 4.3.10. Why don't it have a home > directory? Root all the time? All good questions. You /could/ ask the people who build and maintain Puppy Linux, at http://murga-linux.com/puppy/ We, OTOH, don't know much about Puppy Linux. You see, we don't use it. We use Slackware. Hence the name of the group: alt.os.linux.SLACKWARE I'm sure that the Puppy Linux forums can help you. Luck be with you -- Lew Pitcher Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576 Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/ ---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
From: Van Chocstraw on 17 Nov 2009 20:44 Lew Pitcher wrote: > On November 17, 2009 20:16, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Van Chocstraw > (boobooililililil(a)roadrunner.com) wrote: > >> How do you create an account in Puppy 4.3.10. Why don't it have a home >> directory? Root all the time? > > All good questions. You /could/ ask the people who build and maintain Puppy > Linux, at http://murga-linux.com/puppy/ > > We, OTOH, don't know much about Puppy Linux. You see, we don't use it. We > use Slackware. Hence the name of the group: alt.os.linux.SLACKWARE > > > I'm sure that the Puppy Linux forums can help you. > > Luck be with you Puppy is made from Slackware.
From: Lew Pitcher on 17 Nov 2009 20:51 On November 17, 2009 20:44, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Van Chocstraw (boobooililililil(a)roadrunner.com) wrote: > Lew Pitcher wrote: >> On November 17, 2009 20:16, in alt.os.linux.slackware, Van Chocstraw >> (boobooililililil(a)roadrunner.com) wrote: >> >>> How do you create an account in Puppy 4.3.10. Why don't it have a home >>> directory? Root all the time? >> >> All good questions. You /could/ ask the people who build and maintain >> Puppy Linux, at http://murga-linux.com/puppy/ >> >> We, OTOH, don't know much about Puppy Linux. You see, we don't use it. We >> use Slackware. Hence the name of the group: alt.os.linux.SLACKWARE >> >> >> I'm sure that the Puppy Linux forums can help you. >> >> Luck be with you > > Puppy is made from Slackware. Not according to the guys that make Puppy. "Puppy Linux is a Live CD Linux distribution that is very small and focuses on ease of use. If the computer has at least 64 MB of RAM (depending on the version, up to at least 256 MB of RAM[citation needed]), the entire operating system and all the applications will run from RAM, allowing the boot medium to be removed after the operating system starts. Applications such as SeaMonkey, AbiWord, Gnumeric, and Gxine/xine are included. The distribution is actively developed by Barry Kauler and other active members of the community. Puppy is considered its own distribution, meaning that it is not based on any other Linux distribution, such as Debian or Slackware." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppy_Linux "According to Puppy's main developer, Barry Kauler, one of the main goals for Puppy 3.00 was to be able to install Slackware packages by having all the necessary libraries from Slackware 12, such as Glibc 2.5, GCC 4.1.2, and GTK 2.10.13, in Puppy. But Kauler clarifies that borrowing libraries from Slackware doesn't make Puppy a Slackware clone. Puppy remains a unique distro with its own custom boot, configuration, and shutdown scripts, which have been totally rewritten for 3.00." http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/119848 Lets review: "The distribution is actively developed by Barry Kauler and other active members of the community." "Puppy is considered its own distribution, meaning that it is not based on any other Linux distribution, such as Debian or Slackware." "But Kauler clarifies that borrowing libraries from Slackware doesn't make Puppy a Slackware clone." "Puppy remains a unique distro with its own custom boot, configuration, and shutdown scripts, which have been totally rewritten for 3.00." Nope. Not Slackware. Not even derived from Slackware. Sorry. -- Lew Pitcher Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576 Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/ ---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
From: john on 20 Nov 2009 08:53
On Nov 17, 8:16 pm, Van Chocstraw <boobooililili...(a)roadrunner.com> wrote: > How do you create an account in Puppy 4.3.10. Why don't it have a home > directory? Root all the time? Can you get to a login prompt? Then sign on as root. Use the adduser command to create the new user. If you don't know the root password then get to a command prompt and type: sudo passwd root and change the password to something you prefer. Then sign on as root and use adduser. The above works on all those Debian type Linuxes out there. Give it a try. John C. |