NEW Problem WITH UBUNTU STARTUP

[Graham Todd]

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:23:02 +0530
ashwin1711 <ashwin1711 at gmail.com> uttered these words:

> > CHOWN: invalid group: 'syslog:adm'
> > ---its 16 line---
> > starting kernel log daemon
> > chown: invalid group:'klog:klog'
> > ---it is written 2 times---
> > after 15 min it run and final msg come like
> > user's $home/.dmrc file is being ignored.This prevents the default
> > session and language from being saved.file should be owned by user
> > and have 644 permissions.User's $Home directory must be owned by
> > user and not writable by other users
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I haven't had the trouble the OP outlines, but I have had this message
pop up after entering my user name and password at the start.

I am using a variant of Ubuntu (yes, I know I shouldn't but its so much
easier) called "Ultimate Edition Linux 2.3" and its immediately obvious
why this message appears.  I don't know if the version of Ubuntu copied
across ("Jaunty") suffer from sloppy programming or whatever, but when
you right click on the home folder in nautilus, you immediately see
that both "group" and "others" have permission to execute the home
directory. 644 permissions give only the user executable permissions,
but both "groups" and "others" to read and write but not execute the
file.

This is a good link on permissions in Linux:

http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugfilesp.html

As I said, my setup does not use vanilla-flavoured Ubuntu and I have no
idea if the OP's system is similar to mine or vanilla Ubuntu.  However,
I do know that trying to change the permissions caused a lot of
problems with existing packages, and I ended up by reinstalling.

The message still appears, and if I click on the OK button it
disappears without any apparent problem.  The next install I make of
Ubuntu (Karmic?) will with the sources.list from my current system will
show me if this causes any conflicts.

-- 
Graham Todd