Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-31 Thread Jonathan Allen
Tim, > I should have thought having such a low ID would cause more problems > than you mention. Low IDs are regarded as system IDs, rather than user > IDs, and as such, *can* have more privileges. i.e. They're treated > differently. The logon interface not showing system IDs being just one > ex

Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-30 Thread Tim
On Wed, 2012-05-30 at 17:24 +0100, Jonathan Allen wrote: > all our user IDs (and on backup CDs and DVDs) start from 200. > It's kind of annoying having to click 'other' before beibg able to log > in. I should have thought having such a low ID would cause more problems than you mention. Low IDs ar

Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-30 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
On 05/30/2012 12:24 PM, Jonathan Allen wrote: The reason I'm asking is that Fedora recently changed from starting user ID numbers with 500 to 1000, and there's a chance you might have been bit by it. Where can I configure this? We have a network with a variety of versions of Fedora, and all ou

Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-30 Thread Jonathan Allen
> The reason I'm asking is that Fedora recently changed from starting > user ID numbers with 500 to 1000, and there's a chance you might > have been bit by it. Where can I configure this? We have a network with a variety of versions of Fedora, and all our user IDs (and on backup CDs and DVDs) sta

Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-30 Thread Joe Zeff
On 05/30/2012 09:08 AM, Steven Stern wrote: Did your user id (the number, not the name) of your account change? Good thought here. Going further, was it a fresh install or an upgrade, and if an upgrade, was F16 an upgrade or fresh install? The reason I'm asking is that Fedora recently chang

Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-30 Thread Paul Smith
On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Steven Stern wrote: >> With F16 I could access to a certain directory of my external disk. >> Now, after installing F17, I cannot any longer access to the mentioned >> directory of my external disk. Any help? >> > Did your user id (the number, not the name) of your

Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-30 Thread Steven Stern
On 05/30/2012 10:53 AM, Paul Smith wrote: > Dear All, > > With F16 I could access to a certain directory of my external disk. > Now, after installing F17, I cannot any longer access to the mentioned > directory of my external disk. Any help? > > Thanks in advance, > > Paul Did your user id (the

Re: After installing F17 I lost access to a specific directory of my external disk

2012-05-30 Thread joe
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