Re: Adding users /home
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 08:58, Mark Annandale wrote:
> Hi Guys
>
> I have installed debian (via a Knoppix CD), and overwritten a previous Linux
> distro. My /home folder exists from the previous distro and I have added
> myself as a user. However I cannot seem to be able to access all my old data
> on /home.
>
> Has anyone experienced this, and if so, did you find a solution.
>
> Thanks as always
>
> Mark A
>
Check wether your userid (run 'id' from a prompt) tracks with the
owner of /home/username (run 'ls -al /home') and with your userid
and your home directory in /etc/passwd (run
'grep "your username" /etc/passwd'
Sincerely,
Jan.
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