Hans, Cool! It works! Once again my expectations were wrong; I thought I'd have to mess with some KDE-related file. I also sort of expected the default shell to be set automatically, and didn't think to check /etc/passwd. Oh, and I agree with you on the bit about not displaying the login ID's, though it's not a big issue for this particular system. It's just that the login wasn't giving me any choice at all - just prompted for a password. I guess it was smart enough to know there was only one login that would work. Good thing I decided not to worry about the Lindows stigma. :-) Hmm, running tetris while waiting for the login - interesting idea! Thanks, Vaughn On Tuesday 04 November 2003 16:53, you wrote: > Am 04. Nov, 2003 schwätzte Vaughn Treude so: > > The subject line says it all. I've been googling all over the place and > > can't find the answer to this one. Thanks! > > > > Vaughn Treude > > Nakota Software, Inc. > > > > P.S. I might as well come clean about this. :-) I'm trying to configure > > a new Lindows installation, and although I've added a non-root user, I > > can't figure out a way to get their stupid login screen to prompt for > > this non-root user instead of root. Since it's supposedly based on > > Debian I'm hoping I can use the standard Debian config file - wherever it > > is! > > I actually see this as a feature as I don't like advertising to external > sources what account names I have. > > I also think people should know what their login ID is. Click interfaces > for logging in should only be for people under 3 years old :). > > Look at the /etc/passwd entry for your new user. Does it have a shell? If > not, change the default shell to be /bin/bash and see if that fixes the > issue for you. > > BTW, I had no idea what you were talking about until the PS. I thought you > meant something like having tetris running while waiting for someone to > login, or being able to specify the screen saver for non-logins. > > ciao, > > der.hans