Re: [gentoo-user] NEW idea: Kernel panics and more info

[Dale]

Mark Shields wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com
> <mailto:rdalek1967@×××××.com>> wrote:
>
>     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:
>
>     <<< SNIP >>>
>
>     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
>
>     :-)  :-)
>
>
> The group shows instead of the GID, meaning the group is most
> definitely on your PC.  You may want to check/change your primary
> group for dale.  You can do this with:
>
> usermod -g users dale
>
> Then update the permissions on the files:
>
> chown -vR dale:users/home/dale/*
>
> You may want to backup your home directory first.

I got it fixed and this helped a lot.  I also took the backup advice to, 
just in case.  ;-)

Thanks much.

Dale

:-)  :-)