Theo wrote:
> Peter Percival  wrote:
>> login pi
>>
>> gets the response
>>
>> login: Cannot possibly work without effective root
>>
>> I have created an account Peter according to the instructions in Upton &
>> Halfacree's /Raspberry Pi User Guide/, page 54
>>
>> login Peter
>>
>> gets the same response as above.
>
> Since we don't have access to the book, can you tell us what you're trying
> to do?

I'm trying, first, to login to the pre-existing account pi.  Then I'm
trying to login to an account I've created.


> There's almost no time when someone would run the login(1) program from the
> shell.
>
> My guess would be that the use of 'login' is things you're supposed to enter
> at the prompt that comes up on boot, like this:
>
> https://dynamicsubspace.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_1083.jpg?w=1024&h=768
>
> or, much less likely, a GUI prompt like this:
>
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/download/file.php?id=10885&sid=6d1b2385188eb
2f2a475c17cd77e5de2
>
> Theo
>

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