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password problem

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg29955] password problem
• From: Pawel Felcyn <pfelcyn at facstaff.wisc.edu>
• Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 03:57:25 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I am running Mathematica 4.1 on my linux (RedHat 7.1) computer.
I can start Mathematica session with no problem as a root
but after turning on my computer and typing mathematica as
an ordinary user I get a new mashine ID number ( different than that
of the root).
To get around this problem I usually open a new xterm and enter math
as a root. Then I close the math session and logout as root from
the x-terminal. Only now I can open mathematica as a ordinary user
without Mathematica generating a new mahine ID number and without
asking for a new password.

I is there a way to fix this so that I can open Mathematica
as a user directly whenever I turn on my computer?
Otherwise, after mamy times this problem becomes a bit annoying.