Re: backing up
On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 20:21 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 13:38 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote:
> > On 27/05/12 01:27 PM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > > On Sun, 2012-05-27 at 12:49 -0400, Frank McCormick wrote:
> > >> On 27/05/12 10:04 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > >>> If you added
> > >>>>>>> cp -R ~/.thunderbird ~/.thunderbird.backup
> > >>> to a script, than the backup must be in ~/.
> > >>>
> > >>> Perhaps the script runs "cd /var/lib/gdm3" and you added "cp -R
> > >>> ~/.thunderbird .thunderbird.backup", the backup without the path?
> > >>>
> > >>> You should post what exactly you edited.
> > >>>
> > >>> - Ralf
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> You're partly right :)
> > >>
> > >> frank@sid:/etc/gdm3/PostSession$
> > >> cat Default
> > >> #!/bin/sh
> > >> cp -R /home/frank/.thunderbird thunderbird.backup
> > >> exit 0
> > >>
> > >> frank@sid:/etc/gdm3/PostSession$
> > >>
> > >> I failed to add "/home/frank" or ~ to the destination, perhaps
> > >> thinking wrongly cp would copy to the original directory.
> > >> My mistake...now fixed...
> > >
> > > cp -R /home/frank/.thunderbird /home/frank/.thunderbird.backup
> > > Always would do this for /frank, even if another user would close a
> > > session?
> > >
> > > cp -R ~/.thunderbird ~/.thunderbird.backup
> > > Always would do a backup for the current user closing a session, even if
> > > this user would not like to have a backup?
> > >
> > > Perhaps you need to check if user /frank does close a session and then
> > > only backup.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > True,,but I am the only person who uses this computer...but just out
> > of curiosity how would I check? Just in case I ever convince my wife to
> > leave the dark-side (Windows XP) :)
> >
> > Frank
> >
>
> spinymouse@precise:~$ cat /home/spinymouse/whoami
> #!/bin/sh
>
> if test `whoami` = 'spinymouse'
> then
> echo "spinymouse"
> else
> groups | awk '{print $1}'
> fi
>
> if [ $USER = "spinymouse" ] ; then
> echo "spinymouse"
> fi
>
> exit 0
> spinymouse@precise:~$ sh /home/spinymouse/whoami
> spinymouse
> spinymouse
> spinymouse@precise:~$ sudo -i
> [sudo] password for spinymouse:
> root@precise:~# sh /home/spinymouse/whoami
> root
>
> Or you add a flag to a config in all /home/user_dirs, where .thunderbird
> should be copied and check for this flag. FWIW the user name can be
> different from the /home/dir's name. You still could do this and that,
> but perhaps you can use ~ and writing to another user's home dir is
^^ cp from ~ to /home/frank might only work, if
the user is frank.
> impossible. I don't know "how" the post session script is started,
> someone using GDM might know it. A good reason not to reply off-list.
>
> - Ralf
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