two fluxbox / X issues -- maybe same issue

[ruwach]

Hey guys,
i just installed SourceMage Linux, created a user and installed X - Free and Fluxbox. i copied files to the /home dir of my user, but i think i still am missing something or a permission somewhere.

i can use fluxbox and mozilla as root but when i startx
from being logged in as a regular user i get a timeout error that looks kinda like this.

xauth: timeout in locking authority file /home/ruwach/.Xauthourity

then a few seconds later it prints it again, then loads fluxbox.

once the user i created is in fluxbox, i cant run mozilla from there, even from typing mozilla in xterm

when i ctrl-alt- backspace out of flux and X there is a good pause and it says - setting default value - failed to load group profile..

ok, new one to me. lemme know what you may know.
thanks

[Icarus]

Sounds like you forgot to set the permissions when you copied the /home directories

[ruwach]

ok, setting permissions, still a bit new to this one, comming from mandrake.... what should i do from the cli ?

thanks

[Icarus]

man chown
man chgrp

;)


chown -R username /home/directory
chgrp -R usergroup /home/directory


that should do it

[ruwach]

Yep - That did it !
Thank you very much.