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

[Stuart Luppescu <s-luppescu uchicago edu>]

On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 14:36, guenther wrote:
> 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.

I did that, but while I was logged in under my old uid. :-(

> 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.

Right! I had forgotten about those files in /tmp. I chown'ed all the
files owned by 1000 to my new uid and now things are fine. Thanks VERY
much for saving my day.

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