NEW Problem WITH UBUNTU STARTUP

[ashwin1711]

HELL FRIENDS,
I AM HAVING PROBLEM WITH MY LAPTOP BY FAULT I CHANGE THE FILE FROM
HOME. I CHANGE IT FROM USERS AND GROUP.IT WAS IN BEFORE HOME/ASHWN AND
I CHANGED IT HOME/ASHWIN
AFTER LOGOUT I GOT FOLLOWING ERROR MSG IN BLACK SCREEN.AND AFTER TO
REACH FINAL I COUD NT GET ENTERED COZ I COULD NOT MOVE MY MOUCE ON OK
BUTTON WHICH MSG COMES IN FINAL.PLZ HELP ME

On 8/31/09, Graham Todd <grahamtodd2 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 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
> [snipped]
>
> 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.
>
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