Adriano Varoli Piazza wrote:
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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Adriano, I see no reason to aplogize, at all. I was just adding in a bit
of info that may or may not be a stumbling block for some 'ultra-newbie'
, and I bet there are other spots someone else might give advice about ,
(like showing hidden files to make sure the hidden files and folders
also get copied, since most of the configuration files start with a '.'
and so are hidden)
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