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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> Just type passwd as root or as the user?  

Either.  
george types:  passwd
Root types:    passwd george

> Null password being the enter key?  

Yes.  

> > ----------------------------
> > chown -R george /home/george
> > ----------------------------
> 
> /home/user/george?

/home/george

> No directory, logging in with HOME=/
> Did we forget to do something else too?

/etc/passwd
----------------------------------------
george::1000:100::/home/george:/bin/bash
----------------------------------------

> I went to our user account and typed 'lynx' and got unable 
> to access document (hotlist.html).  

I assume hotlist.html is still in /root.  Natually users
do not normally have access to root's home directory.

> DO we need to make copies of all the config files used by 
> programs in the user directory, 

Not necessarily.  Config files used by everybody go in /etc 
or  /usr/etc  or  /usr/X11/etc  or  /usr/share  or  ???
Personal config files go in the home directory.

> I think you said to dial as root and then go online as a 
> user 

I dial as user (although it is a wee bit complicated to set 
up).  I added ppp-on and ppp-off to my icewm menu, so it is
click on, click off.  However, for the moment it will be 
simpler for you to dial as root from a tty and then return 
to X (where you browse from a user account).

Cheers,
Steven