Hi Leo, Leo Famulari <l...@famulari.name> skribis:
> After rebooting, I found that my user's numerical ID had changed, so I > no longer owned any of my files. Not being able to read ~/.ssh means you > can't log in remotely. > > Additionally, several of root's "dotfiles" had been replaced with their > default versions, erasing my modifications. For example, > ~root/.bash_profile no longer contained my modifications. > > Finally, my users's password no longer worked. I fixed this as root > before I noticed that my user's files were inaccessible; I don't know if > I could have avoided the password reset by re-chowning my files. It sounds like ‘usermod’ has overridden everything. Could it be a change in Shadow? Thanks for the heads-up, I was considering reconfiguring my laptop, so I’m glad I saw your warning. :-) Ludo’.
