> Guenther - Thanks once again for your response.
>
> > So you need to change the ownership of /home and grant proper
> > permissions to anyone else:
> >
> > # chown root:root /home
> > # chmod 755 /home
>
> I did this and now Evolution works fine! Thanks to you (and NotZed). You
> da man!
No problem, I'm glad I could help you solve this eventually.
> > > Guenther, I apologize for being so clueless when I'm obliged to use a
> > > CLI - I know it makes it harder to help me.
> >
> > Please, read about these topics and the commands mentioned. Do
> > understand what the commands are about to do. Do not blindly try to use
> > them. It failed before...
>
> Believe it or not, I actually try to read man pages, FAQs, wikis, books,
> etc. I have been writing how-to manuals and designing and executing
> training programs in non-computer-related subjects for more than 30
> years and in two languages. The above resources - as wonderful as they
> and their authors are - are largely incomprehensible to the non-techie
> reader, especially me. Man pages inevitably leave me confused and
> frustrated rather than enlightened. So, your patience in helping me is
> greatly appreciated.
Well, man pages are not always easy to grok, granted. That's why I
proposed a good book about UNIX/Linux basics. That would have prevented
a lot of the confusion regarding UID and minimal chown/chmod usage...
Anyway, I'm glad it works and you did not need to re-install the whole
OS yet again... ;-)
...guenther
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