permissions- still not an answer to my question

[roland]

On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:15:16 +0200, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>  
wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 16:49 +0200, roland wrote:
>> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:33:25 +0200, Aaron Konstam  
>> <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 12:58 +0200, roland wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:42:45 +0200, Ed Greshko  
>> <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > roland wrote:
>> >> >> On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:54:25 +0200, Anne Wilson
>> >> >> <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>> On Thursday 07 August 2008 10:32:59 roland wrote:
>> >> >>>> Hello,
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> I moved the homedirectories from one server to another.
>> >> >>>> Somehow the permissons got mixed up.
>> >> >>>> Is there anyway to check permissions?
>> >>
>> >> >> I can check easely owner and group but what I would like to find  
>> is a
>> >> >> script that checks the permissions. I remember, sorry to mention  
>> it,
>> >> >> SCO unix, they had a utility to check the entire installation.
>> >> >> Like for example .dmrc, in the home dir, need to have a 644
>> >> permission.
>> >> >> What permissions should the other .dir have, like .gnome,  
>> .evolution
>> >> >> eso.
>> >> >
>> >> > Most directories are very happy with 744 permissions.  That would  
>> be
>> >> > mostly what you want since 644 could present problems.  The only
>> >> > directory that I *know requires* a different permission is .ssh,  
>> where
>> >> > you'd need 700.
>> >> >
>> >> > I did notice that you've convinced yourself that your problems are
>> >> > related to permissions and don't seem interested to explore other
>> >> > possibilities. AFAIK, you also didn't mention exactly *how* you  
>> moved
>> >> > the home directories.
>> >> >
>> >> I did not mean to give that impression, sorry.
>> >> I copied /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, /etc/group, /etc/gshadow
>> >> I copied /home with rsync
>> >> I hope this is an answer and I am still interested in whatever  
>> solution
>> >> :-)
>> >>
>> >> roland
>> > That would make the uids and gids the same but would not affext the
>> > permissiond in the home directory. Did you copy the home directories
>> > also?
>> >
>> I do not really remember. I think I just put then there with rsync, but  
>> it
>> could also be that I copied them with tar and then rsync, but wouldn't
>> that have the same result?
>>
>> Roland
>>
> As long as you used the options that preserve permissions.
> --
Sorry for late answer, but I'm abroad.

Probably I should say now sh...
I forgot the -p option that preserves the permissions
Probably I won't forget this anymore.

I thank you for your time, Aaron

I hope you have good weather over there, where you are :-)

Roland