Re: permissions- still not an answer to my question

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On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 16:49 +0200, roland wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:33:25 +0200, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>  
> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 12:58 +0200, roland wrote:
> >> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:42:45 +0200, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > roland wrote:
> >> >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:54:25 +0200, Anne Wilson
> >> >> <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >>> On Thursday 07 August 2008 10:32:59 roland wrote:
> >> >>>> Hello,
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> I moved the homedirectories from one server to another.
> >> >>>> Somehow the permissons got mixed up.
> >> >>>> Is there anyway to check permissions?
> >>
> >> >> I can check easely owner and group but what I would like to find is a
> >> >> script that checks the permissions. I remember, sorry to mention it,
> >> >> SCO unix, they had a utility to check the entire installation.
> >> >> Like for example .dmrc, in the home dir, need to have a 644  
> >> permission.
> >> >> What permissions should the other .dir have, like .gnome, .evolution
> >> >> eso.
> >> >
> >> > Most directories are very happy with 744 permissions.  That would be
> >> > mostly what you want since 644 could present problems.  The only
> >> > directory that I *know requires* a different permission is .ssh, where
> >> > you'd need 700.
> >> >
> >> > I did notice that you've convinced yourself that your problems are
> >> > related to permissions and don't seem interested to explore other
> >> > possibilities. AFAIK, you also didn't mention exactly *how* you moved
> >> > the home directories.
> >> >
> >> I did not mean to give that impression, sorry.
> >> I copied /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/gshadow
> >> I copied /home with rsync
> >> I hope this is an answer and I am still interested in whatever solution  
> >> :-)
> >>
> >> roland
> > That would make the uids and gids the same but would not affext the
> > permissiond in the home directory. Did you copy the home directories
> > also?
> >
> I do not really remember. I think I just put then there with rsync, but it  
> could also be that I copied them with tar and then rsync, but wouldn't  
> that have the same result?
> 
> Roland
> 
As long as you used the options that preserve permissions.
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