Fresh install Fedora 10 X86_64 problems

Jim mickeyboa at sbcglobal.net
Tue Mar 31 19:54:41 UTC 2009


m wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> Freash install of Fedora 10 X86_64 / KDE4
>>
>> I kept /home directories intact with users from Fedora 8 install.
>> I use the exact names and passwords from old Fedora 8 install.
>>
>> I'm getting error message when I try to log into  All, Users  home 
>> directories;
>>
>> "Could not start Kstartupconfig4,  Check your install:"
>>
>> I can log into 'root' without any problems.
>>
> Root does not live in /home or did you keep root's home also? I 
> wouldn't have thought something like you are describing would work 
> considering that many small things and probably large things too have 
> probably changed from f8 to f10. Then there is the other major thing 
> to consider: that KDE4 is still a work in progress as far as I know. 
> Maybe removing the desktop settings files from the users home 
> directories will do the trick. Just remember to keep good backups.
>
The 'root' is in /root not /home.
How do you change owners:groups,  For instance, bob:bob  to 
george:george , in the whole user directory.

Is the command  chown *.* bob:bob  george:george  ??




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