Re: [newbie] /home ownership changes itself
Have a look at /etc/passwd on both distributions and synchronize them - at least for the users. It would seem to me that one distribution uses different user numbers for the users; for instance, mandrake starts at 500, the other distro might start at 100. Naah, it started at 501 ;-) Case closed. Thanks! Wahur Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] /home ownership changes itself
Hello! I have installed Mandrake 9.0. Yesterday I installed ALT Linux Junior (Russian Mandrake derivative) on an empty partition. Both installations share one /home partition. Problem is, if I have used ALTLinux and reboot to Mandrake, my home directory belongs to another user. If I use Mandrake and reboot to ALT Linux my home directory belongs to user 501. In both cases I have to log in as root first, change directory ownership and only then log in as user. What is the problem and how to cure it? Wahur Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] /home ownership changes itself
On Monday 24 Mar 2003 12:07 pm, Vahur Lokk wrote: Hello! I have installed Mandrake 9.0. Yesterday I installed ALT Linux Junior (Russian Mandrake derivative) on an empty partition. Both installations share one /home partition. Problem is, if I have used ALTLinux and reboot to Mandrake, my home directory belongs to another user. If I use Mandrake and reboot to ALT Linux my home directory belongs to user 501. In both cases I have to log in as root first, change directory ownership and only then log in as user. What is the problem and how to cure it? Wahur When files are saved in Linux the ownership of the file is saved as the UID number (User Identification Number) of the user. What you have done is assign different UID numbers in each of the two distributions. By default Mandrake will assign UID of 501 to the first user, then 502 etc. Most likely AltLinux does the same, but if you assigned users in a different order when you installed, you will end up with different UID numbering. The solution is to use kuser or Linuxconf to reassign the UID numbers (not userdrake) and then chown all the files in your /home. HTH derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] /home ownership changes itself
change directory ownership and only then log in as user. What is the problem and how to cure it? Have a look at /etc/passwd on both distributions and synchronize them - at least for the users. It would seem to me that one distribution uses different user numbers for the users; for instance, mandrake starts at 500, the other distro might start at 100. Wahur Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
