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this doesn't seem to affect the basic functionality of my system (Ubuntu 9.04) but since I set up file sharing on my LAN (successfully amazingly enough. at least from my ...
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SOLVED: Start up message "$home/dmrc is being ignored"
this doesn't seem to affect the basic functionality of my system (Ubuntu 9.04) but since I set up file sharing on my LAN (successfully amazingly enough. at least from my Windows XP PC to my Ubuntu laptop, if not the other way. but that is another mystery.)
I am getting the following message on startup (not the entire 4 lines, but the two most pertinent ones I think):
"User's $home/dmrc is being ignored..... File should be owned by user and have 644 permissions."
Huh?
I presume that I should be reading up on Permissions and "file ownership" but could someone please decipher this for me first?Last edited by pstock; 10-20-2009 at 05:03 PM. Reason: solved
- 10-20-2009 #2Linux Guru
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Means the file ~/.dmrc has had its permissions and/or ownership changed. Usually due to injudicious or accidental use of chown/chmod commands.
To fix do
*Replace pstock with whatever your username actually is.Code:sudo chown pstock ~/.dmrc sudo chmod 644 ~/.dmrc
- 10-20-2009 #3Linux Guru
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Apparently, ~/.dmrc is where the login manager's session and language choices are stored. Seems to be a common problem, so I'm guessing it's not so much user error happening all the time, but a bug.
More info I found
your $HOME/.dmrc file has incorrect permissions problem - Page 3 - Ubuntu Forums
Solving .dmrc and $HOME Permission Errors - Ubuntu Forums
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