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

[Kevin Dean]

that command will, essentially do to your home directory what you
commands did... The chrisLchris simply consolidates the chown/chgroup
commands, and chmod u+rw is equal to chmodding 6XX... I prefer to use
"guo" notation instead of archaic numbers...

The ONLY functional difference is that this will affect only files
that start with a .

On 9/5/07, Chris Andrew <address@hidden> wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> I get a few errors to do with the other user in my /home.  I don't
> want to do this as root, in case I screw that user up.  Are those
> commands definately correct?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris.
>
> On 05/09/07, Chris Andrew <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 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/
> >
>
>
> --
> 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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