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nathangrubb

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[SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

Somehow, someway, my user permissions are messed up. My home directory somehow defaults to /etc/wmii-3.5, but I still have access to /home/nathan. However, I do not have full access to /home/nathan. This often results in apps complaining about not being able to save. How do I fix this?

Last edited by nathangrubb (2008-07-19 18:04:03)

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brebs

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

The home directory is specified in /etc/passwd

nathangrubb

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From: Eastern WA State

Registered: 2008-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

Seems fine to me. I'll post it here

root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/bin/false
daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/bin/false
mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/bin/false
ftp:x:14:11:ftp:/home/ftp:/bin/false
nobody:x:99:99:nobody:/:/bin/false
nathan:x:1000:100:Nathan Grubb,,,,Main user account:/home/nathan:/bin/bash
hal:x:82:82:HAL daemon:/:/bin/false
avahi:x:84:84:Avahi daemon:/:/bin/false
http:x:33:33::/srv/http:/bin/false

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brebs

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

What are those 4 commas for? I would remove ",,,,Main user account"

rooloo

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

xmo:x:1001:100:,,,:/home/xmo:/bin/bash

I have 3 ',,,' in all of my user accounts, under /etc/passwd

nathangrubb

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From: Eastern WA State

Registered: 2008-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

What are those 4 commas for? I would remove ",,,,Main user account"

No idea, I removed them. I'll report back later on how it goes.

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brebs

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

Those commas are for specifying the user's address and phone number etc., apparently.

nathangrubb

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From: Eastern WA State

Registered: 2008-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

OK, sorry for reporting back so late. It didn't seem to fix anything

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rooloo

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

why couldn't you just remove that user and re-create the user, using the same old /home/nathan as your home directory? That is how they share /home partition when you install multiple OS's and wanna share files easily across platforms.

what login manager are you using? How do you start your wmii session?

nathangrubb

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From: Eastern WA State

Registered: 2008-07-14

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Re: [SOLVED] Permissions are messed up

I didn't think of remaking the user. Also, I started wmii using gdm (started using startx). However, I did a (can't remember which command it was, mind is blank) for /home/nathan so I have full access now

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