At 4:19 PM +1030 11/23/05, Tim wrote: ... >James Wilkinson: >> If so, the quickest fix is probably to log in at a virtual terminal as >> root, move your home directory somewhere else, and create a new home >> directory with the right permissions. > >The home directory's got the right *permissions*, and that'd involve an >awful lot of other mucking around (restoring all the other >customisations without restoring the one causing the problem). So it's >not a "quick" fix, unfortunately. ... Sure it is. You don't have to throw away your old home directory, just move it aside and replace it. Make a copy of the new one. Move stuff back until it breaks again. Undo that last move, figure out the problem, fix it, continue until all your old stuff is back and working again. ____________________________________________________________________ TonyN.:' <mailto:tonynelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ' <http://www.georgeanelson.com/>
