[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Maybe it has something to do with using Hard Drives now mapped by the > new openSUSE 10.2 system, which were created by the Novell SUSE 10.1 > system. To seperate Data and OS, what I normally do is to save all data > on a seperate hard drive, which is mapped to /home/<username>/Data. The > standard /home/<username>/Documents directory is removed and a link set > to the Documents directory with "ln -s /home/<username>/Data/Documents > Documents". I have done it often before, and had no problems yet. > > If I recall correctly, I mounted the drive during installation when > openSUSE 10.2 installed, it came up with a dialogue box saying something > to the effect that the user rights of the files are not linked to any > user. It asked if it should make the files accessable to the newly > createsd user, perhaps because it was now under its home directory. > I thought it would only make a: > "chown -R <usename>:<usergroup> /home/<username>/Data", so allowed it. > Normally I mapped the drives after the installation in fstab or with > YaST2. > > Could this be a source of the problem? I don't know what what done during this operation, so I can't comment.
Could you please post the fstab entry for that separate harddrive ? TIA Cheers. Bye. Ph. A. -- *Philippe Andersson* Unix System Administrator IBA Particle Therapy | Tel: +32-10-475.983 Fax: +32-10-487.707 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.iba-worldwide.com> The contents of this e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the recipient (s) named above. This communication is intended to be and to remain confidential and may be protected by intellectual property rights. Any use of the information contained herein (including but not limited to, total or partial reproduction, communication or distribution of any form) by persons other than the designated recipient(s) is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. Ion Beam Applications does not accept liability for any such errors. Thank you for your cooperation.
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