programs have no access to home directory.

SnowSurfAir · 07-13-2005, 06:59 PM

Hello,

I am setting up a slackware 10.1 computer and have run into a little snag. I created a new user account, but kde, gnome, or any program for that matter has access to my home directory. How do I fix this? Thank you.

Tinkster · 07-13-2005, 07:03 PM

The title of the thread and the information given in the post
seem to contradict each other?

What's the problem? Programs can or can't access your home,
and what is the expected behaviour?

Cheers,
Tink

SnowSurfAir · 07-13-2005, 07:34 PM

What I meant was that programs that keep their config files in /home/user, they cannot access 'user.' Permission denied. When I am logged in as user, out of X, even I cannot access the folder, but root can.

Matir · 07-13-2005, 07:39 PM

You probably need to (as root):

Code:

chown USER:users /home/USER

where USER is, obviously, the username in question.

SnowSurfAir · 07-14-2005, 12:05 AM

Yes, thankyou, that worked like a charm.