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From: Geoffrey Clements on 24 Nov 2008 04:03
"Geoffrey Clements" <bitbucket(a)electron.me.uk> wrote in message
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> AJH wrote:
>
>> Or is it possible to simply adopt the old /home folder on sda1 and
>> continue using it?
>>
>
> Yes. If you only had one user, that user will be recreated with the same
> UID
> (probably 1000). But if not, the fix is only one chmod away.
>

ooops - I meant chown of course!

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Geoff


From: Nix on 25 Nov 2008 18:57
On 24 Nov 2008, Geoffrey Clements said:

> "Geoffrey Clements" <bitbucket(a)electron.me.uk> wrote in message
> news:4926d8e6$0$502$5a6aecb4(a)news.aaisp.net.uk...
>> Yes. If you only had one user, that user will be recreated with the same
>> UID
>> (probably 1000). But if not, the fix is only one chmod away.
>
> ooops - I meant chown of course!

So I'm not the only person who makes this mistake all the time? (I mix
up chcon with the other two, too.)

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