[K12OSN] PostSession script, rm command and user directories

[Petre Scheie]

While you shouldn't need to do this, you might try chown'ing all the files and 
directories recursively in /home/terminal1, making root the owner, and then try deleting 
them.

Petre

Meelis wrote:
> Hi Petre !
> 
> This is the weird part of them all :
> If I manually remove the directory everything is erased and no problems 
> occure.
> Also if I make a seperate command for every dir and file in the script 
> that is not removed in the PostSession script they are erased.
> 
> For example :
> 
> rm -f /home/terminal1/.* <--- all files like .gnome etc. are removed
> rm -f /home/terminal1/* <-- all regular files removed
> rm -rf /home/terminal1/* <-- all directories that DO NOT contain files 
> are removed (note the -R parameter! weird ...)
> 
> So if a user creates a directory, then now I can remove it with the 
> PostSession script however if it contains files it's not removed. No 
> problem like that in old system.
> 
> permissions for terminal1 directory
> ***********************************************
> drwx------ 19 terminal1 users 4096 13. dets 11:33 terminal1
> ***********************************************
> it's the systems default permission set when I created a user.
> 
> I'll have to try the tar command with parameter -C tomorrow as I'm at 
> home now and have no access to my except terminal. So I can't test the 
> PostSession script :)
> 
> Meelis
> ---
> meelis at nlib.ee
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Petre Scheie" <petre at maltzen.net>
> To: "Support list for open source software in schools." <k12osn at redhat.com>
> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] PostSession script, rm command and user directories
> 
> 
>> Having occasionally run into problems with scripts that cd to a 
>> directory and then do something, but which create havoc when the cd 
>> part fails and so the next step fires off in the wrong directory, I 
>> like to specify the full path where the work should be done, all in 
>> the same command.  So, rather than cd and then tar, I'd suggest this:
>>
>> rm -rf /home/terminal1
>> tar -xv /usr/BACKUP/terminal1.tar -C /home
>>
>> This way, if /home were missing (which would have all sorts of other 
>> implications, but the principle is still valid), the tar won't happen 
>> and make a mess all over the root directory or elsewhere.
>>
>> As for root not being able to remove the directory that the user 
>> creates, something is amiss.  What happens if root manually tries to 
>> remove the /home/terminal1 directory from the command line?  What are 
>> the permissions on the files and directories that the user creates?
>>
>> Petre
> 
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