Comment 19 for bug 481825

Hi,
Here's the output

generic@generic-laptop:~$ ls -laR .gvfs
.gvfs:
total 4
dr-x------  2 generic generic    0 2009-11-14 21:45 .
drwxr-xr-x 29 generic generic 4096 2009-11-14 21:45 ..
generic@generic-laptop:~$

Don't worry about the snarky comment. It can be hard to read emotion over an email.

Thanks for the info on additional books, etc.

Questions:
Iwould like to track my messages, bugs etc on launchpad. However Icannot find a way to do so. I must be missing something. For instance,I cannot this thread on launchpad. The only way I can respond is eitherby email or what was once a link. I installed a PGP so I could directlywrite to launchpad. But this has limited utility.

Thanks,
Lee

On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 6:45 PM, C de-Avillez &lt;<email address hidden>&gt; wrote:
@Lee

Some points:

(1) it is strange that ~/.gvfs gives you an error. Can you please run,
from your home dir, 'ls -laR .gvfs' and paste the output here?

(2) for the snarky (or not): no problems. I am told that I tend to be
too direct-to-the-point, so to speak. My question was genuine (I am
trying to be more, er, nice).

(3) for the 'man' pages (and the 'info' pages as well): indeed. It is
well-known that the UNIX manual pages are not a place for one to *learn*
UNIX -- they usually describe the commands, and the options, but it is
assumed all over that one already *knows* most of the stuff (and is just
looking for a specific option, or refreshing the memory). I do not know
of any freely-available "CLI for the Beginners" book, but there is the
Ubuntu Pocket Guide and Reference that goes into some details (not too
much, though). It is available from Google Books
(http://books.google.com/books?id=kHLlJzI6L20C&amp;printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&amp;q=&amp;f=false).
CAVEAT: I have not read it. Another option is the Official Ubuntu Guide,
just released -- and a good book.

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Status in “base-files” package in Ubuntu: Won't Fix

Bug description:
Problem:
1) Add User GUI appears to work fine.
2) GUI show each user with unique goup and id.
3) Nautilus will allow you to breeze through ALL users, ALL files, AND execute others scripts.
4) CLI shows each user defined by chown drwx_rx_x

I've posted this previously in much greater detail. I didn't get a response the first time, so I figured I just did something wrong and no one wanted to address a silly mistake. So I did a fresh install and I have the *same exact problem*

Whenever I add a user via the "Add User" GUI it adds a user. However this, and all users have complete permissions over anyone else (777.)

I am not talking about the Public folder. I am talking about ALL folders and files.

Terminal Output:

generic@generic-laptop:/home$ ls -al
total 36
drwxr-xr-x &nbsp;6 root &nbsp; &nbsp;root &nbsp; &nbsp; 4096 2009-11-13 04:10 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root &nbsp; &nbsp;root &nbsp; &nbsp; 4096 2009-11-13 03:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x &nbsp;2 bark &nbsp; &nbsp;bark &nbsp; &nbsp; 4096 2009-11-13 04:07 bark
drwxr-xr-x &nbsp;2 center &nbsp;center &nbsp; 4096 2009-11-13 04:10 center
drwxr-xr-x 30 generic generic &nbsp;4096 2009-11-13 04:15 generic
drwx------ &nbsp;2 root &nbsp; &nbsp;root &nbsp; &nbsp;16384 2009-11-13 03:25 lost+found

I can look at the GUI and it tells me that the user has a unique ID, and that they have their own unique group. However, chown shows that this is clearly not true.

What am I doing wrong? And don't tell me it is an progression of that free-lovin' let others peek into your public folder...

I don't have this problem in Xubuntu. The only reason I am sticking to Ubuntu is its a slicker and there are more utilities.