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. -- ======================================================================= A freelance is one who gets paid by the word -- per piece or perhaps. -- Robert Benchley ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
