anthony wrote:
So, happy as I am that you guys found an excuse to chat about your respective girlfriends here, I think mine would prefer I talked to her a bit rather than staring at a screen uttering expletives, so I took the easy route, made another user, transferred the settings and files over from /home/anthony . Now I can startx and even check my mail! However, I'd like to know what exactly happened and perhaps to get my user (anthony) and my settings back iat some point so, what should the permissions be for all the settings (invisible) files in my home directory /anthony/home ? Are they each different?
I probably missed it, but I never saw your output of "ls -lh /home" and "ls -lah /home/anthony", which might have helped clue along an answer.
I doubt anyone can tell you "what exactly happened" without knowing "what exactly happened leading up to the problem"; I suspect you'll just have to live with the mystery.
Yes, the settings for your files will each be different. For example: # ls -lah /home/chyntt total 304K drwxrwsr-x 46 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-11-17 15:38 . drwxrwsr-x 7 root root 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:25 .. drwx--S--- 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-17 10:29 .AbiSuite drwx--S--- 2 root chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-26 10:51 .aptitude -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 6.9K 2005-10-28 11:56 .bash_history -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 570 2005-07-19 15:36 .bash_profile -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 1.3K 2005-07-19 15:36 .bashrc drwx------ 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-27 10:00 Desktop -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 22 2005-10-18 14:01 .dmrc drwxr-sr-x 7 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-18 14:44 .evolution -rw-r--r-- 1 root chyntt 0 2005-10-25 15:53 .fonts.cache-1 -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 307 2005-10-14 13:56 .fonts.conf drwxr-xr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:37 .gaim drwx--S--- 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-27 10:00 .gconf drwx--S--- 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-27 10:01 .gconfd drwxr-sr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-18 14:00 .gnome drwx--S--- 9 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-20 17:22 .gnome2 drwx------ 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 13:51 .gnome2_private drwxr-xr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:38 .gnucash drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:38 .gnupg drwxr-xr-x 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:36 GNUstep drwxr-sr-x 5 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-18 09:51 .gqview drwxr-xr-x 5 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:35 .gramps drwxr-sr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-18 14:00 .gstreamer-0.8 -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 88 2005-10-18 14:00 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2 -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 0 2005-10-27 10:01 .ICEauthority drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:39 .icewm drwxr-sr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-24 16:11 .java drwxr-xr-x 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:40 .jpilot drwx--S--- 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-26 10:44 .kde drwx--S--- 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 13:49 .kde.bak -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 451 2005-10-26 10:44 .kderc -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 57 2005-10-26 10:41 .lesshst drwx--S--- 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-27 10:00 .local drwx------ 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-05 08:58 Mail drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:40 .Mail -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 3.1K 2005-10-21 10:48 .mailcap drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-26 10:50 .mc drwxr-sr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 13:49 .mcop -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 31 2005-10-05 13:34 .mcoprc drwx--S--- 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-18 14:00 .metacity drwx--S--- 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-25 12:11 .mozilla drwx--S--- 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-20 13:08 .mozilla.25Oct2005 drwxr-sr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 14:20 .mozilla-thunderbird -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 1.3K 2005-10-19 17:25 .mutt_certificates drwxr-sr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-18 14:00 .nautilus drwxr-sr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-19 11:35 .nedit drwxr-sr-x 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-17 10:29 .openoffice drwx--S--- 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-25 16:24 .openoffice.org2 drwx--S--- 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-26 09:40 .OracleCalendar drwxr-sr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-27 10:00 .qt -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 35K 2005-10-22 01:46 .realplayerrc -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 4.8K 2005-10-25 16:24 .recently-used drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:45 .secret -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 37 2005-10-21 11:14 .secretDONTread drwx------ 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:45 .ssh -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 71 2005-10-17 10:29 .sversionrc drwxr-sr-x 5 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-17 09:36 .sword drwx--S--- 3 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-17 13:07 .thumbnails -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 5.0K 2005-10-21 11:32 .viminfo drwxr-xr-x 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:50 .wine -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 49 2005-10-27 10:01 .Xauthority drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-27 10:01 .xine -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 17 2005-10-27 10:00 .xinitrc drwxr-xr-x 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 11:56 .xmms -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 235 2005-10-26 11:40 .xsession-errors drwxr-xr-x 5 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 13:03 .ymessengerAnd then, say in an individual directory, you'll have even more mix&match permissions:
# ls -lah ../chyntt/Desktop/ total 40K drwx------ 4 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-27 10:00 . drwxrwsr-x 46 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-11-17 15:38 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 13:54 Autostart -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 386 2005-10-14 12:00 Backgammon -rw------- 1 chyntt chyntt 235 2005-10-14 12:00 .directory drwxr-xr-x 2 chyntt chyntt 4.0K 2005-10-14 13:55 Downloads -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 4.3K 2005-10-03 13:22 Home.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 3.2K 2005-10-03 13:22 System.desktop -rw-r--r-- 1 chyntt chyntt 139 2005-10-27 10:00 trash.desktop -- Kent West http://kentwest.blogspot.com <http://kentwest.blogspot.com/>