[lug] X term home directory

Hugh Brown hugh at math.byu.edu
Wed Apr 30 07:27:40 MDT 2003


If you are logging in from gdm/kdm/xdm it is your home directory as
specified in /etc/passwd (or wherever you keep user info).

If you are getting in to X by using startx, I have found that it uses
the directory that you run startx from.

Hugh


On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 19:02, Mickey Taylor wrote:
> Hi all.  I was wondering if anyone knows where I should set the
> default directory in which my X-terminals start.  I am running RedHat
> 7.2 and X version 4.1 (I believe).
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> Mickey 




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