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Re: Permission issues - operator error?

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On 09/22/2018 03:40 PM, David Christensen wrote:
> On 9/22/18 7:28 AM, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> On 09/22/2018 08:44 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
>>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>>> I'm assuming operator problem as I get same symptoms on:
>>>>      two laptops each running different Debian releases (6.8, 9.1).
>>>>        [both using MATE desktop]
>>>>      two different media (32Gb USB flash, 240 Gb USB SSD).
>>>>
>>>> Logged in as 'richard' I use Gparted (providing root password) to
>>>> repartition the drive. As I'm diagnosing problems I do a power off/on
>>>> cycle to force a cold boot.
>>>>
>>>> After login in as either 'richard' or 'root' permissions are displayed
>>>> as "could not be determined".
>>>
>>> Sounds like maybe UID issues between the installs.
>>>
>>
>> I'm safe from that one on two counts.
>>
>> I did the partitioning and permission steps on the same installation 
>> tests on the same combination of hardware and OS.
>>
>> Since Squeeze I've followed the same installation routine. I allow 
>> login as root and answer the prompt for user the same (i.e. "Richard 
>> Owlett).
>> Once in the past I had cause to investigate UID's among installs. They 
>> were always the same.
> 
> Please post a console session that demonstrates what you are talking about.
> 

I've spent some time today working towards that. Been going thru some 
CLI oriented tutorials. One of the problems when doing too much via GUI. 
It hides important details.

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Permission issues - operator error? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-22 15:40 +0200
  Re: Permission issues - operator error? Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-09-22 16:00 +0200
    Re: Permission issues - operator error? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-22 16:30 +0200
      Re: Permission issues - operator error? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-22 22:50 +0200
        Re: Permission issues - operator error? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-23 02:40 +0200
          Re: Permission issues - operator error? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-23 05:00 +0200
            Re: Permission issues - operator error? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-23 11:30 +0200
              Re: Permission issues - operator error? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-23 15:30 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2018-09-23 15:50 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-23 16:20 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2018-09-23 17:40 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-23 20:20 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-23 20:40 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-23 20:40 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2018-09-24 03:40 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2018-09-23 21:10 +0200
                Re: Permission issues - operator error? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-09-24 05:10 +0200
  Underlying problems - was [Re: Permission issues - operator error?] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-09-24 18:40 +0200

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