Mark, Thanks for the tip.
Robin On Jan 10, 2008 9:47 AM, Mark Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/10/08, Richard Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > > > Thanks for all your help. In the end I re-installed Debian for two > > reasons: I'm already familiar with it and I'm confident that the > > package management system will easily install the mathematical and > > statistical applications that i need, which Mandrive would not. > > > > However, one (at least) question remains. Before the installing I > > copied /home/robin (as well as /etc, /var, and /usr/local) to my > > external HD using tar as su. After install I copied them back to my > > internal HD. But now all files & folders in /home/robin have root, > > not robin, as owner. I've already changed back all the stuff I > > created but I'm uncertain as to whether I should also change back all > > the hidden flies and folders in /home/robin. I'd appreciate any > > advice you could give me. > > > > Robin > > When doing a tar -x operation, you can use -p to preserve file > permissions. > > As for the hidden files, every file in /home/username should be owned > by that user including hidden files, unless there is some out of the > ordinary reason why they shouldn't be. > > -Mark C. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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