[ILUG] user account info

[Stephen Mulcahy]

Sounds like maybe you didn't add the new user to all required groups?

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Subject: Re: [ILUG] user account info
From: Gerard Hooton <g.hooton at ucc.ie>
Date: 05/03/2010 12:54

Thanks Murf  for your reply,
I have a user who's ubuntu Gnome desktop became corrupt.
I removed the user including his home dir and entries in the 
/etc/passwd
/etc/group
/etc/shadow

However, when I create a new account using the same UID/GID 
his default desktop is not the same as that you would get for
an new user, no volume control for example. It makes me think 
that there are settings stored somewhere from that users previous
existence.


//Ger




-----Original Message-----
From: murf <murf at syndicate7.net>
To: Gerard Hooton <g.hooton at ucc.ie>
Cc: ILUG <ilug at linux.ie>
Subject: Re: [ILUG] user account info
Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:31:37 +0000 (GMT)

On Fri, 5 Mar 2010, Gerard Hooton wrote:

> Hello all,
> Where on a Linux (specifically Debian/Ubuntu) system is user account
> info stored apart from:
> user home dir
> /etc/passwd
> /etc/group
> /etc/shadow
>

Nowhere else I think. Unless you're using ldap or something.
Oh, /var/spool/mail/username contains the mailbox by default. If there's 
mail, and if you're not using virtual domains or some such.

Actually, beyond what you have there, it all depends on what else is 
setup.

Murf.



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