Re: [Evolution] Can't switch to mail folders

[guenther <guenther rudersport de>]

cheers();

> Sometimes, I am a person of awesome stupidity. I changed my uid while
> I was logged in with all kinds of applications running, and now I
> can't switch to any of my mail folders. (Actually, it's amazing that
> just evolution got screwed up.) I can open my contacts and calendar,
> but when I click on a mail folder name, the highlight bounces back to
> Contacts. Is there anything I can do about this, or do I have to wipe
> out my whole ~/evolution/ tree and start over?

You changed your uid? So you are right now logged in with the *new* uid?

I suggest the following:

- log out
- as root run:
  % chmod -R user.group /home/user/

That sets the uid (and gid) to your new ones.

After that, ensure there are all other files of your <user> changed,
too. You should remove all files/dirs in /tmp/ that belongs to the old
uid.

And check /var/spool/mail/user (if any) and change uid there, too.


The problem is, that the right of your ~/evolution folder is set to 700
for security reasons and really should though.

Other programs *will* run in the same difficulties, when storing safe
data.


Hope, that gets your problem solved...

...guenther


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