On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK. New theory here. This came about in another thread about the shiney > new kernel, that isn't new by the way. Anyway, look at this crap: > > root@fireball / # ls -al /home/dale/ > total 640 > drwxr-xr-x 61 dale users 2672 Jul 23 10:14 . > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 208 Jun 17 03:01 .. > drwx------ 3 dale dale2 80 Sep 3 2010 .adobe > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 24 Apr 10 16:40 .aspell.en.prepl > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 29 Apr 10 16:40 .aspell.en.pws > drwxr-xr-x 3 dale users 96 Feb 25 2010 .avidemux > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 48 Feb 7 07:14 backup > -rw------- 1 dale users 3685 Jul 23 01:59 .bash_history > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 127 Dec 8 2008 .bash_logout > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 193 Dec 8 2008 .bash_profile > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 551 Dec 8 2008 .bashrc > drwxr-xr-x 4 dale users 104 Apr 12 10:50 .cache > drwxr-xr-x 10 dale users 256 Jan 2 2010 .cddb > drwx------ 16 dale users 480 Jul 5 00:54 .config > drwx------ 2 dale users 80 Aug 28 2009 .cups > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 263 Jan 25 2009 dalek1967.revoke > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 279 Oct 8 2006 dalek.revoke > drwx------ 3 dale users 80 Dec 11 2008 .dbus > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale ssmtp 20337 Mar 12 16:36 dead.letter > drwx------ 3 dale users 688 Jul 23 05:18 Desktop > -rw------- 1 root root 119 Jun 17 03:03 .directory > -rw------- 1 dale users 24 Jul 18 00:18 .dmrc > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 40 Feb 10 2009 .dolphinview > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 48 Jan 18 2011 Downloads > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 136 Jul 23 02:26 dwhelper > -rw------- 1 dale users 16 Jan 26 2009 .esd_auth > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 7669 Feb 16 2009 .face.icon > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 786 Oct 30 2009 fahback > drwxr-xr-x 6 dale dale2 440 Jul 17 23:49 .fluxbox > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 4912 Jul 18 00:15 .fontconfig > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 152 Dec 11 2008 .fonts > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 530 Feb 21 2010 .fonts.conf > drwx------ 2 dale users 48 Jun 6 23:30 .gconf > drwx------ 2 dale users 80 Jun 10 00:51 .gconfd > drwx------ 4 dale users 96 Mar 29 2009 .gegl-0.0 > drwxr-xr-x 22 dale users 984 Jun 28 16:45 .gimp-2.6 > drwxrwxr-x 6 dale users 456 Jul 15 03:07 .gkrellm2 > drwx------ 3 dale users 72 Sep 28 2009 .gnome2 > drwx------ 2 dale users 48 Dec 11 2008 .gnome2_private > drwx------ 3 dale users 592 Jul 23 10:05 .gnupg > drwx------ 6 dale users 296 Jun 6 15:02 .googleearth > drwx------ 2 dale users 72 Dec 25 2008 .gphoto > drwxr-xr-x 5 dale users 208 Mar 26 2010 .gqview > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 128 Jul 8 15:44 .gstreamer-0.10 > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 254 Jan 20 2011 .gtk-bookmarks > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 429 Jul 5 13:13 .gtkrc-2.0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 dale dale2 21 Jul 5 13:13 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 -> > /home/dale/.gtkrc-2.0 > drwxr----- 2 dale users 112 Jul 2 19:14 .hplip > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 4364 Jun 17 00:29 .hugin > -rw------- 1 dale users 0 Mar 12 2010 .ICEauthority > drwxr-xr-x 3 dale dale2 72 Mar 15 10:59 .icedtea > drwxr-xr-x 3 dale dale2 136 Jan 24 22:11 .icedteaplugin > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 72 Jul 18 00:15 .icewm > drwxr-xr-x 4 dale dale2 112 Sep 4 2010 .java > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 568 Jul 8 17:05 .kde4 > drwxr-xr-x 6 dale users 568 Dec 13 2010 .kde4.old > drwxr-xr-x 5 dale dale2 120 Jun 26 15:28 kdenlive > -rw------- 1 dale users 521 Jul 19 21:32 .kderc > drwxr--r-- 2 dale dale2 72 Mar 12 16:36 .linuxcounter > drwx------ 3 dale users 152 May 6 2010 .local > drwx------ 3 dale dale2 80 Sep 3 2010 .macromedia > drwxr-xr-x 3 dale users 72 May 15 2010 .marble > drwxr-xr-x 3 dale users 112 Dec 11 2008 .mcop > -rw------- 1 dale users 31 Mar 12 2010 .mcoprc > drwx------ 5 dale users 136 Jul 11 02:06 .mozilla > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 88 Jan 2 2009 .mp3splt-gtk > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 96 Dec 12 2009 .mplayer > drwxr-xr-x 3 dale dale2 72 Jan 18 2011 .netx > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 104 Oct 11 2009 .nvclock > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 1204 Jun 6 03:00 .nvidia-settings-rc > drwx------ 3 dale dale2 72 Jun 16 04:14 .ooo3 > drwx------ 3 dale users 72 Nov 18 2010 .ooo3.old > drwx------ 10 dale users 992 May 21 2009 .opera > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 80 Jan 9 2009 .porthole > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 172 Feb 12 02:33 .ptbt1 > drwx------ 6 dale users 304 Oct 10 2010 .purple > drwxr-xr-x 7 dale users 272 Mar 22 2010 .PySolFC > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 296 Mar 12 2010 .qt > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 280 May 17 2009 rdalek1967.revoke > -rw------- 1 dale users 9131 Jun 16 04:14 .recently-used > drwxr-xr-x 4 dale users 320 Apr 10 16:55 .scribus > drwx------ 2 dale users 48 Dec 8 2008 .ssh > drwx------ 4 dale dale2 96 Jul 22 01:20 .thumbnails > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 72 Feb 21 2010 .tkdvd > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 1147 Feb 11 2010 .tuxcards > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 127 Jun 17 2010 .Wammu > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 48 Jan 24 2009 .wapi > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 59 May 2 02:21 .weather.cfg > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 104 Oct 4 2009 .wireshark > -rw------- 1 dale dale2 716 Jul 23 10:04 .Xauthority > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 80 Jan 25 09:13 .xine > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 7667 Jul 18 00:12 .xscreensaver > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 10017 Jul 17 23:55 .xscreensaver-getimage.cache > -rw------- 1 dale dale2 467445 Jul 23 10:21 .xsession-errors > drwx------ 3 dale users 160 Dec 2 2006 .ymessenger > root@fireball / # > > By comparison, check this out for my test user: > > root@fireball / # ls -al /home/dale2/ > total 73 > drwx------ 13 dale2 users 544 Jul 11 01:59 . > drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 208 Jun 17 03:01 .. > -rw------- 1 dale2 500 5 Jul 11 01:59 .bash_history > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale2 users 127 Apr 18 14:04 .bash_logout > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale2 users 193 Apr 18 14:04 .bash_profile > -rw-r--r-- 1 dale2 users 551 Apr 18 14:04 .bashrc > drwxr-xr-x 4 dale2 users 128 Jul 5 12:28 .config > drwx------ 3 dale2 users 80 May 8 11:55 .dbus > drwx------ 2 dale2 users 144 May 8 11:55 Desktop > -rw------- 1 dale2 users 24 Jul 6 22:18 .dmrc > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale2 500 112 Jul 5 15:59 .fontconfig > drwxr-xr-x 2 dale2 500 88 Jul 11 01:51 .gstreamer-0.10 > drwxr----- 2 dale2 users 112 Jul 5 15:59 .hplip > drwxr-xr-x 4 dale2 users 200 Jul 5 12:16 .kde4 > drwxr-xr-x 3 dale2 users 72 May 8 11:55 .local > drwx------ 5 dale2 500 136 Jul 11 01:56 .mozilla > drwx------ 2 dale2 users 48 Apr 18 14:04 .ssh > drwx------ 3 dale2 500 72 Jul 5 12:21 .thumbnails > -rw------- 1 dale2 500 0 Jul 11 01:59 .Xauthority > -rw------- 1 dale2 500 50596 Jul 11 01:59 .xsession-errors > root@fireball / # > > > Why are some using the group users and others using my test user dale2? I > don't think I have a group dale2. Could this be the cause? What exactly > tells Linux to give those permissions? I looked around in /etc for some > file that would set this but I can't find anything. > > Even if this isn't the cause, how do I go about fixing this? > > Dale > > :-) :-) > > The group shows instead of the GID, meaning the group is most definitely on your PC. You may want to check/change your primary group for dale. You can do this with:
usermod -g users dale Then update the permissions on the files: chown -vR dale:users/home/dale/* You may want to backup your home directory first.
