you should read up on chown and chmod. actually, chown should be all you need:
root# cp -r ~/evolution /home/<user>/ root# chown -R <user>.<group> /home/<user>/evolution Jeff On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 09:42, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 23:29, Glen Roberts wrote: > > Most folks use the root account rather than creating > > their own at one time or another when building a Linux > > box. This causes problems when using apps like Gnome, > > screensavers and Evolution. So, here I am trying to > > bring my Evolutions 1.4 settings over to my personal > > account and they're not working hence having to resort > > to using Yahoo for email. > > > > Using su I've copied the evolution directory over but > > it still does not use them. What gives? How can one > > use existing Evolution settings even when the program > > won't import it's OWN files? > > Here's a way I ended up working around this: > > After setting up my system and using it for a few days as "root", I > copied the /root/evolution folder to a VFAT drive, logged out/in as the > user I wanted (me, I reckon), got all my settings/desktops/wm's the way > I wanted, then ran Evo again...without really setting up any REAL > accounts, then killed Evo (killev) and deleted the existing > ~/home/mynamegoeshere/evolution diretory and copied the old one off the > VFAT partition where I wanted it, and ran Evo again...voila! all my > account info was there, all my email was there... > > A bit roundabout, but it worked... -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
