Help with /home directory <SOLVED>

[toad]

Re: Help with /home directory

It's a miracle

[tj1520]

Re: Help with /home directory

Next step?

I created a user:group to match the old /home in the new installation

However, that alone did not fix my dilemma.

When I reinstate the line in /etc/fstab to load the /sda1 drive as /home, I still have the same problem.

So I've commented it out for now . . .

[toad]

Re: Help with /home directory

So sda1 is supposed to be your fantasgorgic new /home, right? But when you tie it into the fstab with:

# /dev/sda1
UUID=bdc0941c-87cc-49cf-9d8b-37aa1c54dc1f /home ext3 relatime 0 2

you (or anyone else) cannot log in, right?

Can you mount sda1, change into it and post the output of

ls -la

If there is a user set up there (and there should be) can you change into him/her and do the same again please...

[tj1520]

Re: Help with /home directory

ls -la of sda1

drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-10-16 17:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2008-10-20 13:00 ..
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 2008-10-16 17:59 .directory -> /etc/kubuntu-default-settings/directory-home
drwx------ 2 root root 16384 2008-07-06 17:40 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 92 tj1520 tj1520 4096 2008-10-20 13:02 tj1520


ls -la of user
hppav@hppav-laptop:/media/docudrive/tj1520$ ls -la
total 1172932
drwxr-xr-x 92 tj1520 tj1520 4096 2008-10-20 13:02 .
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 2008-10-16 17:59 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 644450 2008-02-08 14:52 01482_londoneye_1440x900.jpg
drwx------ 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-08 14:09 .adobe
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 11737 2008-05-02 14:48 Adobe Acrobat.png
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-28 15:50 .aptitude
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-17 18:11 .archimedes
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-05-11 08:37 .assistant
drwxr-xr-x 10 hppav hppav 4096 2008-08-19 16:28 .azureus
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-09 16:47 .Azureus
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 5736 2008-10-17 19:13 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 220 2008-02-07 03:32 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 2298 2008-02-07 03:32 .bashrc
drwx------ 6 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-08 10:11 .BitTornado
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 43 2008-02-08 14:47 blank.gif
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-25 14:23 .bogofilter
drwx------ 2 hppav games 4096 2008-09-28 18:09 .burgerspace
drwxr-xr-x 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-18 17:11 .cache
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-05-06 15:13 .camel_certs
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav games 305 2008-06-22 17:04 .circuslinuxrc
drwx------ 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-16 18:51 .compiz
drwxr-xr-x 14 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-16 18:45 .config
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-06-29 13:31 .critter
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-16 19:12 .cycas3
drwxr-xr-x 8 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-16 19:12 CYCAS3
drwx------ 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-16 18:21 .dbus
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-03-18 21:24 .dbus-keyrings
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 1293320 2008-09-27 15:33 default.png
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-03-01 08:16 .designer
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 11:34 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-13 19:58 .dia
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 70 2008-10-18 16:57 .directory
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-07-06 17:18 DLs
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 26 2008-10-18 08:22 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-06 15:50 Documents
drwxr-xr-x 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-25 17:16 .emerald
drwx------ 2 hppav games 4096 2008-07-06 15:55 .emilia
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 16 2008-02-07 09:40 .esd_auth
drwxr-xr-x 8 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 12:20 .evolution
lrwxrwxrwx 1 hppav hppav 26 2008-07-09 17:12 Examples -> /usr/share/example-content
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 292 2008-07-01 21:01 .fbhighlevelshistory
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 194 2008-07-01 21:01 .fbhighscores
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 1197 2008-10-11 18:41 .fbrc
-rwx------ 1 hppav hppav 419398 2008-02-08 12:20 FEDEX011108.pdf
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-17 18:01 .fontconfig
drwx------ 6 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 12:20 .gconf
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 12:20 .gconfd
drwxr-xr-x 22 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-16 18:23 .gimp-2.4
-rw-r----- 1 hppav hppav 0 2008-10-18 12:16 .gksu.lock
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-07 09:40 .gnome
drwx------ 19 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 12:20 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-06-05 21:59 .gnome2_private
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 12:16 .gnupg
drwxr-xr-x 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-07-06 15:33 GNUstep
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-14 18:35 .gpilotd
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 4 2008-02-20 12:17 .gpilotd.pid
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-17 18:51 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 112 2008-10-18 12:16 .gtk-bookmarks
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 25507 2008-10-16 18:21 .gtk_qt_engine_rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 88 2008-02-07 09:40 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 285 2008-10-16 18:11 .gtkrc-2.0-kde
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-25 15:48 .gvfs
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 8061 2008-10-18 12:20 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x 7 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-28 18:20 .icons
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 324 2008-05-01 17:46 .ifpgui_rc
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 11 2008-10-17 08:56 .iscan_preference
drwx------ 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-16 18:11 .kde
drwx------ 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-16 18:45 .kde4
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-07 09:40 .local
drwx------ 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-08 14:09 .macromedia
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-06-22 17:05 .mcop
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 31 2008-10-17 16:00 .mcoprc
drwx------ 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-07 09:40 .metacity
drwx------ 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-25 20:44 .mozilla
drwx------ 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-20 11:57 .mozilla-thunderbird
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-18 16:51 Music
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-16 18:51 .nautilus
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 61440 2008-02-09 15:19 nautilus-debug-log.txt
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-23 06:48 .ndbm
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-23 09:50 .NeurosDBM
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 585691136 2008-02-07 16:00 o12ent.iso
drwx------ 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-16 17:31 .openoffice.org2
drwx------ 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-06 14:01 .opensync-0.22
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-17 10:32 PDF
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-07-30 07:40 .pdfedit
drwxrwxr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-06 11:25 PDFStudio
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-07-27 08:38 .PDFStudio
lrwxrwxrwx 1 hppav hppav 32 2008-09-06 11:25 PDF_Studio -> /home/tj1520/PDFStudio/PDFStudio
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 132 2008-10-17 08:16 .PDFStudio.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 24214 2008-02-19 11:42 pG01-3894071dt.jpg
drwxr-xr-x 8 hppav hppav 4096 2008-08-10 18:49 Photos
drwxr-xr-x 28 hppav hppav 4096 2008-06-15 06:00 Pictures
drwxr-x--- 10 hppav hppav 4096 2008-07-01 16:49 .pingus
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-07-01 19:52 PiXJuegos
drwxr-x--- 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-06-15 06:07 Podcasts
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 244630 2008-03-01 09:34 print.pdf
drwxrwxrwx 25 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-01 05:16 PRIVATE
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 566 2008-02-07 03:32 .profile
drwxrwxrwx 12 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-19 12:11 ProjectFiles
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 3359 2008-10-17 08:17 .PSSettings.xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-03-30 16:03 Public
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-26 18:27 .pulse
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 256 2008-04-25 15:48 .pulse-cookie
drwx------ 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-03-04 19:34 .purple
drwxr-xr-x 10 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-13 08:12 qcad-2.2.1.0
drwxr-xr-x 10 hppav hppav 4096 2008-08-29 03:29 qcad-2.2.2.0
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 07:48 .qt
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 10083 2008-09-29 20:08 .recently-used
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 272354 2008-10-18 12:20 .recently-used.xbel
drwxrwx--- 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-27 15:24 .sane
drwxr-xr-x 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-06 08:15 .scribus
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-03-29 07:30 .serpentine
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-25 15:48 .ssh
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 0 2008-02-07 09:41 .sudo_as_admin_successful
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-07-06 16:04 .supertuxkart
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-20 15:54 .sync4j
drwxr-xr-x 3 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-06 14:07 .synce
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-07 09:40 Templates
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-07 21:57 .themes
-rwxrwxrwx 1 hppav hppav 277616 2007-12-01 06:41 TheWeatherChannel_dw5_Stubweathermax_pd.exe
drwx------ 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-13 18:50 .thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x 5 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-01 05:59 .tomboy
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 4771 2008-10-17 18:29 .tomboy.log
-rw------- 1 hppav hppav 0 2008-06-23 12:32 uBwrxi
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-25 15:58 .update-manager-core
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-04-25 21:08 .update-notifier
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-07 09:40 Videos
-rwx------ 1 hppav hppav 74752 2008-02-03 10:23 VIR-SOUN-06.xls
drwxr-xr-x 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-05-24 16:08 .VirtualBox
drwx------ 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-20 11:53 .w3m
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 12:16 .wapi
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 3046691 2008-09-27 15:40 Wengerds.png
drwxr-xr-x 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-18 07:58 .wine
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 607250432 2008-02-07 10:32 wXP.iso
-rw------- 1 tj1520 tj1520 0 2008-10-20 13:02 .Xauthority
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 280 2008-09-28 18:18 .xgalscores
drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-10-16 18:45 .xine
drwxr-xr-x 4 hppav hppav 4096 2008-02-18 17:33 .xmms
-rw-r--r-- 1 hppav hppav 193 2008-09-28 08:19 .xscreensaver-getimage.cache
-rw------- 1 tj1520 tj1520 1161 2008-10-20 13:02 .xsession-errors

[toad]

Re: Help with /home directory

Cheers.

Right, so you have a directory for yourself in sda1 - the last entry - and it belongs to you.

However, as soon as you cd into it and you list all of what is in there you will notice that every single directory and file bar the last one belong to hppav - which means you don't have any access.

Change that by going into /media/docudrive/tj1520 (assuming that is your sda1) and typing:

sudo chown -R tj1520:tj1520 *

and

sudo chown -R tj1520:tj1520 .*

Now you should be able to mount sda1 at boot time by uncommenting it in the fstab.

HTH

[tj1520]

Re: Help with /home directory

Many thanks, kind sir

That was just what I needed to fix this quandry. I suspected (as I looked at the output of ls) that it was an ownership issue. You advice saved me hours of trying to figure out how to chown correctly.

I hope that someday I may have learned something about this fine operating system enough to be of assistance to you in return!

[toad]

Re: Help with /home directory &lt;SOLVED&gt;

It is fantastic, isn't it, the control afforded to the user/root is spectacular. With regard to rights and the like I suggest you travel around the command line with cd and have a look at a few directories with ls -la. Note the annotation as in

drwxr-xr-x 2 hppav hppav 4096 2008-09-17 18:11 .archimedes

The first d stands for directory - the next three letters are for the users (read, write, execute), the next three for the group (in this case group members may only read and execute but not write) and finally come others (and they have the same rights as those in the group in this case).

Have fun and enjoy - I need all the help I can get, so stick around and it'll be you helping me sooner rather than later

[tj1520]

Re: Help with /home directory &lt;SOLVED&gt;

For those who may stumble upon this thread later, or may be following it now . . .

You won't get much done with your newly restored /home directory unless you assign your previous user admin rights.
In my case, that's what was missing. So, no package management, no sudo on the command line etc.

So my advice is: After you fix your dilema, reboot, go into failsafe mode, drop to root:

adduser <username> admin

Continue you boot; go into user management and make sure you give yourself rights to everything else you want:
IE: cdrom, sambashare, etc 8)