On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 08:58, Mark Annandale wrote: > Hi Guys > > I have installed debian (via a Knoppix CD), and overwritten a previous Linux > distro. My /home folder exists from the previous distro and I have added > myself as a user. However I cannot seem to be able to access all my old data > on /home. > > Has anyone experienced this, and if so, did you find a solution. > > Thanks as always > > Mark A > Check wether your userid (run 'id' from a prompt) tracks with the owner of /home/username (run 'ls -al /home') and with your userid and your home directory in /etc/passwd (run 'grep "your username" /etc/passwd'
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