Re: permissions- still not an answer to my question

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On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:15:16 +0200, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 16:49 +0200, roland wrote:
On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:33:25 +0200, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 12:58 +0200, roland wrote:
>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:42:45 +0200, Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > roland wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:54:25 +0200, Anne Wilson
>> >> <cannewilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> On Thursday 07 August 2008 10:32:59 roland wrote:
>> >>>> Hello,
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I moved the homedirectories from one server to another.
>> >>>> Somehow the permissons got mixed up.
>> >>>> Is there anyway to check permissions?
>>
>> >> I can check easely owner and group but what I would like to find is a >> >> script that checks the permissions. I remember, sorry to mention it,
>> >> SCO unix, they had a utility to check the entire installation.
>> >> Like for example .dmrc, in the home dir, need to have a 644
>> permission.
>> >> What permissions should the other .dir have, like .gnome, .evolution
>> >> eso.
>> >
>> > Most directories are very happy with 744 permissions. That would be
>> > mostly what you want since 644 could present problems.  The only
>> > directory that I *know requires* a different permission is .ssh, where
>> > you'd need 700.
>> >
>> > I did notice that you've convinced yourself that your problems are
>> > related to permissions and don't seem interested to explore other
>> > possibilities. AFAIK, you also didn't mention exactly *how* you moved
>> > the home directories.
>> >
>> I did not mean to give that impression, sorry.
>> I copied /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/gshadow
>> I copied /home with rsync
>> I hope this is an answer and I am still interested in whatever solution
>> :-)
>>
>> roland
> That would make the uids and gids the same but would not affext the
> permissiond in the home directory. Did you copy the home directories
> also?
>
I do not really remember. I think I just put then there with rsync, but it
could also be that I copied them with tar and then rsync, but wouldn't
that have the same result?

Roland

As long as you used the options that preserve permissions.
--
Sorry for late answer, but I'm abroad.

Probably I should say now sh...
I forgot the -p option that preserves the permissions
Probably I won't forget this anymore.

I thank you for your time, Aaron

I hope you have good weather over there, where you are :-)

Roland

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