2006/2/10, ET <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> since in the default install with normal file permissions, you won't be
> able to copy enter or read other users /home/~, you might ought to start
> off with opening a text console (a.k.a. 'term'), type 'su' (without the
> quotes) it will ask for a password, give it the root users password and
> then (also without the quotes) type "konqueror". this will give you a
> konqueror file manager window with root permissions, able to read and
> write to anywhere root could write to.

This is true. I started the message thinking of just backing up one
users' folder, and that you can do simply with the steps I mentioned
(just copy your user's folder instead of the /home folder). I didn't
think of correcting the "but this needs root" part... Sorry.

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