Thanks,
Chris
CHRMAR3@AOL.COM


On Monday, August 3, 2026 at 07:06:21 AM CDT, Felix Miata via tde-users <users@trinitydesktop.org> wrote:


Dr. Nikolaus Klepp composed on 2026-08-03 13:42 (UTC+0200):

> I think you have a misconception on how your OS works. Most likely your two
> user accounts have different uids and different main groups. Your data folder
> most likly is owned by user1:group1 with rxw------ permissions, so user2:group2
> cannot read nor write to that directory.

We already know from
<https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydesktop.org/message/JRQNYMOUW5PC5RXJXAZ3245OLVAZV2XR/>
for user1 = chris = 1000:1000 drwxr-x---
for user2 = chrisontde = 1001:1001 drwxr-x---

> You might want to check these and post the result:
> # groups user1
> # groups user2
> # ls -ld data_directory
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Felix Miata

chris@LENOVO:~$ sudo ls -ld data_directory
[sudo] password for chris:             
ls: cannot access 'data_directory': No such file or directory
chris@LENOVO:~$