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List:       kde-linux
Subject:    Re: [kde-linux] permissions mystery
From:       Jim Philips <jimmyc () speedfactory ! net>
Date:       2005-02-23 10:52:17
Message-ID: 200502230552.18349.jimmyc () speedfactory ! net
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On Wednesday 23 February 2005 12:19 am, Jes Hall wrote:
> On Wednesday 23 February 2005 14:39, Jim Philips wrote:
> > I reinstalled KDE tonight. Now, since I reinstalled Kmail fails at
> > startup, claiming it doesn't have permissions to create $HOME/Mail.
> > That directory already exists and it has the same permissions that
> > worked earlier today. The only thing I can think is that it is
> > actually trying to create the directory somewhere else. But I can't
> > think of a way to check this. Any hints?
>
> I guess double check in a terminal that the $HOME variable is set to
> something sensible. I'd also try 'touch /home/Mail' to see if you do have
> permissions to write to it. You may find poking around in /tmp and clearing
> out the KDE related files for your user is beneficial - sometimes things
> can go a little bit strange if permissions are wrong on lock files/sockets.

Thanks. I tried the old, reliable technique of renaming the .kde directory 
and, sure enough, Kmail started just  fine. So, it was a config that got 
corrupted and made Kmail point to the wrong home directory.
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