problems with gnome when I change a user's user ID

phil.d.g · 12-20-2004, 12:16 PM

Hi,

I need to change the user and group id of one of my users. I have tried

Code:

usermod -u 500 -g 99 user

, which seems to work, the permissions of the user's home folder and everything have changed, but when that user tries to log in gome-settings-deamon complains about invalid configuration and comes up with a fault in gnome_segv. At this point I need to restart X to get any further. Does gnome store its configuration files outside the user's home directory if so where are they located, or how else may I overcome this problem

thanks

ringwraith · 12-20-2004, 01:12 PM

You might try to chown the directory.
man chown

phil.d.g · 12-20-2004, 01:19 PM

I assume you mean the home dir of the user in question? If so I have

Code:

ls -na

to check the owner of all the files and they have been changed to suit the user's new ID like I said in my first post

phil.d.g · 12-20-2004, 01:37 PM

right, found the problem - some permissions on files and folders in the /tmp dir

now for the dumb question - I am safe in deleting all the files in /tmp every once in a while aren't I, after all the folder is called tmp

J.W. · 12-20-2004, 09:52 PM

Yes, you can delete files from /tmp safely. -- J.W.

phil.d.g · 12-21-2004, 03:51 AM

cheers