Kevin Halpin <email@hidden> on Monday, April 4, 2005 at
11:30 AM +0000 wrote:
>>> Create the new "correct" user in wgm and point the home folder the
>correct
>>> location.
>>> Delete the contents of the /new/ folder
>>> rm -r /path/to/newTeacherFolder/*
>>>
>>> ditto the contents of the old folder into the new one
>>> ditto -rsrc /path/to/oldTeacherFolder/ /path/to/newTeacherFolder/
>>>
>>> Correct privs
>>> chown -R teacherName teacherFolder
>>>
>> OK, I'm not a terminal person at all, so my question here is, how are
>> these commands any different from creating a new user, deleting all the
>> folders in the new home, copying the old folders into this new one and
>> setting the correct privileges? Thanks for your help.
>
>Laurie,
>
>first and foremost you don't need to log into the rig as root. Second
>changing permissions in the Finder is flakey (even Apple recommends you
>use
>chown, see kbase artnum 106824 for something similar). Besides that they
>perform the same functions.
OK- since I'm not all that comfortable in terminal, let me ask you some
quesitons.
After I do rm -r, can I then drag the new teacher folder to the terminal
window instead of typing in the path? Also, is that a space after the rm?
> rm -r /path/to/newTeacherFolder/*
Again, after I type ditto -rsrc, can I drag and drop the old folder and
new folders? If so, would there be a / between them?
>ditto -rsrc /path/to/oldTeacherFolder/ /path/to/newTeacherFolder/
Give me a little more info on the chown -R. Exactly how do I do that, I
know how to change the privelegs manually, but I would want to make sure
that I get them correct for each folder. Thanks for your help. I need
terminal directions to be pretty literal, or else I'm afraid I'll screw it
up!
:) Laurie
Laurie Yalem
Technology Coordinator
Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
1035 Price School Lane
St. Louis, MO 63124
314-997-4343
email@hidden
www.churchillschool.org
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