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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

DMRC permissions message at login

Hey guys I was trying to get suspend/hibernate working and after restarting the box entirely and just logging in now, I'm getting this as soon as I enter my password at GDM:

"$HOME/.dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions. User's $HOME directory must be owned by user and not writable by other users."

I hit OK and login just fine, everything works no sweat, but why is this coming up and how can I get rid of it? These permissions boggle me brain sometimes TIA for any help.

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: DMRC permissions message at login

Hi there,

Try and do as root, chmod 750 /home/yourusername

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colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: DMRC permissions message at login

Sorry I forgot about this since I only log back in once or twice a week usually, hehe. I'm just wary of doing something like that, changing the permission of the whole /home/user folder. Not to put your advice in doubt, but wouldn't that affect things like ~/.ssh, etc.?? Just want to be sure as I did some permissions-changing commands a while ago when this happened and it fudged a few folders

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: DMRC permissions message at login

As I understand it as long as you just change the permission of the folder itself and NOT the files inside the folder (ie. NOT chmod -R 750 /home/yourname) nothing should be affected.  It worked for me some time ago with xfce .dmrc startup problems.  This is what I have written in my notes.  You could wait for confirmation from someone else if you're not sure you want to do this.  Or you could always change it back after.

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz

colbert

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Registered: 2007-12-16

Posts: 809

Re: DMRC permissions message at login

Thank you very much bgc1954, this worked fine. I just tried it and logged back in (sorry it took so long, I hardly ever log out/in) and it works A-ok