New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs
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I'm setting up several Raspberry Pi's with Raspberry Pi OS.
When I create a second user most of the time everything works great, but occasionally it creates the user with only run and shutdown showing on the menu. No other options. Removing the user and creating again fixes the issue, but I'm wondering what I am doing wrong.
I'm just using sudo adduser username
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Try something like this....
grep newuser /etc/group
on the working machine, compare to the same output on the new one. I bet group membership is different.
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@scottalanmiller said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
grep newuser /etc/group
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@CCWTech said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
@scottalanmiller said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
grep newuser /etc/group
Let me delete the user and see if it creates normally. Then see what the differences are.
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I deleted and re-created the user. All programs are visible and everything is working. However nothing remarkable here:
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I suppose it's the use case, in my case, I've not needed more than the one user account, so I haven't run into this. But it's good to see / and know in the future.
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Just for reference (mine) what are you using the rPi for? I have two rPi 3b+ and 1 rPi Zero running currently;
- rPi 3b+ running Diet-Pi hosting APCups, CUPS, and Unifi Controller
- rPi 3b+ running Raspbian for HamRadio activies (using Build-A-Pi found on YouTube)
- rPi Zero - DMR radio hotspot (transceiver to internet gateway)
Still could use one or two more
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@gjacobse said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
Just for reference (mine) what are you using the rPi for? I have two rPi 3b+ and 1 rPi Zero running currently;
- rPi 3b+ running Diet-Pi hosting APCups, CUPS, and Unifi Controller
- rPi 3b+ running Raspbian for HamRadio activies (using Build-A-Pi found on YouTube)
- rPi Zero - DMR radio hotspot (transceiver to internet gateway)
Still could use one or two more
Desktops
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@gjacobse said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
Just for reference (mine) what are you using the rPi for? I have two rPi 3b+ and 1 rPi Zero running currently;
- rPi 3b+ running Diet-Pi hosting APCups, CUPS, and Unifi Controller
- rPi 3b+ running Raspbian for HamRadio activies (using Build-A-Pi found on YouTube)
- rPi Zero - DMR radio hotspot (transceiver to internet gateway)
Still could use one or two more
Client is using a cloud based RMS so no need to spend a ton of money on a Windows PC (or even a Linux PC)
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@scottalanmiller said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
@gjacobse said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
Just for reference (mine) what are you using the rPi for? I have two rPi 3b+ and 1 rPi Zero running currently;
- rPi 3b+ running Diet-Pi hosting APCups, CUPS, and Unifi Controller
- rPi 3b+ running Raspbian for HamRadio activies (using Build-A-Pi found on YouTube)
- rPi Zero - DMR radio hotspot (transceiver to internet gateway)
Still could use one or two more
Desktops
I would go with the rPi 4 as a desktop... bit more power and more memory..
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@gjacobse said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
@scottalanmiller said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
@gjacobse said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
Just for reference (mine) what are you using the rPi for? I have two rPi 3b+ and 1 rPi Zero running currently;
- rPi 3b+ running Diet-Pi hosting APCups, CUPS, and Unifi Controller
- rPi 3b+ running Raspbian for HamRadio activies (using Build-A-Pi found on YouTube)
- rPi Zero - DMR radio hotspot (transceiver to internet gateway)
Still could use one or two more
Desktops
I would go with the rPi 4 as a desktop... bit more power and more memory..
Model we are using: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07W3MD2RR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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@gjacobse said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
@scottalanmiller said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
@gjacobse said in New user in Raspberry Pi - Raspberry Pi OS has no programs:
Just for reference (mine) what are you using the rPi for? I have two rPi 3b+ and 1 rPi Zero running currently;
- rPi 3b+ running Diet-Pi hosting APCups, CUPS, and Unifi Controller
- rPi 3b+ running Raspbian for HamRadio activies (using Build-A-Pi found on YouTube)
- rPi Zero - DMR radio hotspot (transceiver to internet gateway)
Still could use one or two more
Desktops
I would go with the rPi 4 as a desktop... bit more power and more memory..
That's the first model that offers a real desktop option. No one has suggested trying anything else.
