[GRASSLIST:6919] Re: multiple users issue

Ian W. Macmillan ian_macmillan at umail.ucsb.edu
Fri May 27 18:26:44 EDT 2005


Unfortunately you must have administrative access (root) to run grass.  I
haven't heard of any way around this.

-Ian

Quoting Daniel Gavin <Daniel.Gavin at uvm.edu>:

>
> We wish to use GRASS 6.0/6.1 on a computer with users using different
> accounts.  It was installed by a root user and it runs fine from that
> account.  However, we can't seem to get a non-root user to start the
> program.  I have created a local .grassrc6 file.  Typing 'grass6' at
> a prompt returns something like 'command not found', and the icon
> start-up just quits.  I assume this is something quite simple!
> Many thanks.
>
> --
> Dan Gavin
> Research Associate
> University of Vermont
> Botany and Agricultural Biochemistry
> 120B Marsh Life Science
> 109 Carrigan Dr.
> Burlington, VT 05405-0086
> 802.656.0297
>
>


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Ian MacMillan
Geological Sciences-UCSB

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