OK. New theory here. This came about in another thread about the
shiney new kernel, that isn't new by the way. Anyway, look at this crap:
root@fireball / # ls -al /home/dale/
total 640
drwxr-xr-x 61 dale users 2672 Jul 23 10:14 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 208 Jun 17 03:01 ..
drwx------ 3 dale dale2 80 Sep 3 2010 .adobe
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 24 Apr 10 16:40 .aspell.en.prepl
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 29 Apr 10 16:40 .aspell.en.pws
drwxr-xr-x 3 dale users 96 Feb 25 2010 .avidemux
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 48 Feb 7 07:14 backup
-rw------- 1 dale users 3685 Jul 23 01:59 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 127 Dec 8 2008 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 193 Dec 8 2008 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 551 Dec 8 2008 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 4 dale users 104 Apr 12 10:50 .cache
drwxr-xr-x 10 dale users 256 Jan 2 2010 .cddb
drwx------ 16 dale users 480 Jul 5 00:54 .config
drwx------ 2 dale users 80 Aug 28 2009 .cups
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 263 Jan 25 2009 dalek1967.revoke
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 279 Oct 8 2006 dalek.revoke
drwx------ 3 dale users 80 Dec 11 2008 .dbus
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale ssmtp 20337 Mar 12 16:36 dead.letter
drwx------ 3 dale users 688 Jul 23 05:18 Desktop
-rw------- 1 root root 119 Jun 17 03:03 .directory
-rw------- 1 dale users 24 Jul 18 00:18 .dmrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 40 Feb 10 2009 .dolphinview
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 48 Jan 18 2011 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 136 Jul 23 02:26 dwhelper
-rw------- 1 dale users 16 Jan 26 2009 .esd_auth
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 7669 Feb 16 2009 .face.icon
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 786 Oct 30 2009 fahback
drwxr-xr-x 6 dale dale2 440 Jul 17 23:49 .fluxbox
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 4912 Jul 18 00:15 .fontconfig
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 152 Dec 11 2008 .fonts
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 530 Feb 21 2010 .fonts.conf
drwx------ 2 dale users 48 Jun 6 23:30 .gconf
drwx------ 2 dale users 80 Jun 10 00:51 .gconfd
drwx------ 4 dale users 96 Mar 29 2009 .gegl-0.0
drwxr-xr-x 22 dale users 984 Jun 28 16:45 .gimp-2.6
drwxrwxr-x 6 dale users 456 Jul 15 03:07 .gkrellm2
drwx------ 3 dale users 72 Sep 28 2009 .gnome2
drwx------ 2 dale users 48 Dec 11 2008 .gnome2_private
drwx------ 3 dale users 592 Jul 23 10:05 .gnupg
drwx------ 6 dale users 296 Jun 6 15:02 .googleearth
drwx------ 2 dale users 72 Dec 25 2008 .gphoto
drwxr-xr-x 5 dale users 208 Mar 26 2010 .gqview
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 128 Jul 8 15:44 .gstreamer-0.10
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 254 Jan 20 2011 .gtk-bookmarks
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 429 Jul 5 13:13 .gtkrc-2.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 dale dale2 21 Jul 5 13:13 .gtkrc-2.0-kde4 ->
/home/dale/.gtkrc-2.0
drwxr----- 2 dale users 112 Jul 2 19:14 .hplip
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 4364 Jun 17 00:29 .hugin
-rw------- 1 dale users 0 Mar 12 2010 .ICEauthority
drwxr-xr-x 3 dale dale2 72 Mar 15 10:59 .icedtea
drwxr-xr-x 3 dale dale2 136 Jan 24 22:11 .icedteaplugin
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale dale2 72 Jul 18 00:15 .icewm
drwxr-xr-x 4 dale dale2 112 Sep 4 2010 .java
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 568 Jul 8 17:05 .kde4
drwxr-xr-x 6 dale users 568 Dec 13 2010 .kde4.old
drwxr-xr-x 5 dale dale2 120 Jun 26 15:28 kdenlive
-rw------- 1 dale users 521 Jul 19 21:32 .kderc
drwxr--r-- 2 dale dale2 72 Mar 12 16:36 .linuxcounter
drwx------ 3 dale users 152 May 6 2010 .local
drwx------ 3 dale dale2 80 Sep 3 2010 .macromedia
drwxr-xr-x 3 dale users 72 May 15 2010 .marble
drwxr-xr-x 3 dale users 112 Dec 11 2008 .mcop
-rw------- 1 dale users 31 Mar 12 2010 .mcoprc
drwx------ 5 dale users 136 Jul 11 02:06 .mozilla
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 88 Jan 2 2009 .mp3splt-gtk
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 96 Dec 12 2009 .mplayer
drwxr-xr-x 3 dale dale2 72 Jan 18 2011 .netx
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 104 Oct 11 2009 .nvclock
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 1204 Jun 6 03:00 .nvidia-settings-rc
drwx------ 3 dale dale2 72 Jun 16 04:14 .ooo3
drwx------ 3 dale users 72 Nov 18 2010 .ooo3.old
drwx------ 10 dale users 992 May 21 2009 .opera
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 80 Jan 9 2009 .porthole
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 172 Feb 12 02:33 .ptbt1
drwx------ 6 dale users 304 Oct 10 2010 .purple
drwxr-xr-x 7 dale users 272 Mar 22 2010 .PySolFC
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 296 Mar 12 2010 .qt
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 280 May 17 2009 rdalek1967.revoke
-rw------- 1 dale users 9131 Jun 16 04:14 .recently-used
drwxr-xr-x 4 dale users 320 Apr 10 16:55 .scribus
drwx------ 2 dale users 48 Dec 8 2008 .ssh
drwx------ 4 dale dale2 96 Jul 22 01:20 .thumbnails
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 72 Feb 21 2010 .tkdvd
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale users 1147 Feb 11 2010 .tuxcards
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 127 Jun 17 2010 .Wammu
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 48 Jan 24 2009 .wapi
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 59 May 2 02:21 .weather.cfg
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 104 Oct 4 2009 .wireshark
-rw------- 1 dale dale2 716 Jul 23 10:04 .Xauthority
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale users 80 Jan 25 09:13 .xine
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 7667 Jul 18 00:12 .xscreensaver
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale dale2 10017 Jul 17 23:55 .xscreensaver-getimage.cache
-rw------- 1 dale dale2 467445 Jul 23 10:21 .xsession-errors
drwx------ 3 dale users 160 Dec 2 2006 .ymessenger
root@fireball / #
By comparison, check this out for my test user:
root@fireball / # ls -al /home/dale2/
total 73
drwx------ 13 dale2 users 544 Jul 11 01:59 .
drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 208 Jun 17 03:01 ..
-rw------- 1 dale2 500 5 Jul 11 01:59 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale2 users 127 Apr 18 14:04 .bash_logout
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale2 users 193 Apr 18 14:04 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 dale2 users 551 Apr 18 14:04 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 4 dale2 users 128 Jul 5 12:28 .config
drwx------ 3 dale2 users 80 May 8 11:55 .dbus
drwx------ 2 dale2 users 144 May 8 11:55 Desktop
-rw------- 1 dale2 users 24 Jul 6 22:18 .dmrc
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale2 500 112 Jul 5 15:59 .fontconfig
drwxr-xr-x 2 dale2 500 88 Jul 11 01:51 .gstreamer-0.10
drwxr----- 2 dale2 users 112 Jul 5 15:59 .hplip
drwxr-xr-x 4 dale2 users 200 Jul 5 12:16 .kde4
drwxr-xr-x 3 dale2 users 72 May 8 11:55 .local
drwx------ 5 dale2 500 136 Jul 11 01:56 .mozilla
drwx------ 2 dale2 users 48 Apr 18 14:04 .ssh
drwx------ 3 dale2 500 72 Jul 5 12:21 .thumbnails
-rw------- 1 dale2 500 0 Jul 11 01:59 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 dale2 500 50596 Jul 11 01:59 .xsession-errors
root@fireball / #
Why are some using the group users and others using my test user dale2?
I don't think I have a group dale2. Could this be the cause? What
exactly tells Linux to give those permissions? I looked around in /etc
for some file that would set this but I can't find anything.
Even if this isn't the cause, how do I go about fixing this?
Dale
:-) :-)
