Re: [gNewSense-users] Request for file permission help.

[Chris Andrew]

Kevin,

Thanks for your comments.  Before I apply your advice, does anyone
agree or disagree.  Just trying to minimize any damage :-).

Cheers,

Chris.

On 05/09/07, Kevin Dean <address@hidden> wrote:
> Personally, as easy as it supposedly makes migration, I've found from
> experience that migrating /home across distros, or even installs of
> the same distro, almost always fails. ;(
>
> I've begun tarballing my files and moving them; permission preserved
> and system settings (anything not pretaining ot my "theme", for
> instance) set by the distro to avoid conflicts.
>
> As to your specific problem, I'm not sure... It appears as if you're
> covering your bases, but perhaps the chmod isn't affecting .* files?
>
> cd /home; chown -R chris:chris /home/chris/.*; chmod -R u+rw /home/chris/.*; ?
>
> On 9/5/07, Chris Andrew <address@hidden> wrote:
> > Hi, guys.
> >
> > NOT PFV FOR A CHANGE!
> >
> > I rebuilt my main PC, today.  Feisty has gone and gNS is up and
> > running.  I have copied all my old data to the newly carved-up drives,
> > but am getting some permissions problems.  I have done this before,
> > but can't remember how I solved it.
> >
> > Basically, the problem is with logging-in and the permissions on /home
> > directories and files.
> >
> > I have done:
> >
> > chown -R chris 770 (I am user chris)
> > chgrp -R chris 770
> > chmod -R /home/chris
> >
> > When I log out and log back in, I get a Gnome message telling me that
> > my $HOME/.dmrc has the wrong permissions and should be 644.  I have
> > changed this, but still the same error.
> >
> > Basically, I don't want my files to be world readable (read as home
> > readable!).  All users should own the files in their $HOME, and
> > finally, I need to get rid of the Gnome message.
> >
> > Can anyone put me straight?
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Chris.
> >
> > --
> > Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux:
> >
> > http://www.getgnulinux.org/
> >
> > A great GNU/Linux distro:
> >
> > http://wiki.gnewsense.org/
> >
> >
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>


-- 
Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux:

http://www.getgnulinux.org/

A great GNU/Linux distro:

http://wiki.gnewsense.org/