Fresh install Fedora 10 X86_64 problems

[Jim]

Jeff Voskamp wrote:
> Jim wrote:
>> m wrote:
>>> Jim wrote:
>>>> Freash install of Fedora 10 X86_64 / KDE4
>>>>
>>>> I kept /home directories intact with users from Fedora 8 install.
>>>> I use the exact names and passwords from old Fedora 8 install.
>>>>
>>>> I'm getting error message when I try to log into  All, Users  home 
>>>> directories;
>>>>
>>>> "Could not start Kstartupconfig4,  Check your install:"
>>>>
>>>> I can log into 'root' without any problems.
>>>>
>>> Root does not live in /home or did you keep root's home also? I 
>>> wouldn't have thought something like you are describing would work 
>>> considering that many small things and probably large things too 
>>> have probably changed from f8 to f10. Then there is the other major 
>>> thing to consider: that KDE4 is still a work in progress as far as I 
>>> know. Maybe removing the desktop settings files from the users home 
>>> directories will do the trick. Just remember to keep good backups.
>>>
>> The 'root' is in /root not /home.
>> How do you change owners:groups,  For instance, bob:bob  to 
>> george:george , in the whole user directory.
>>
>> Is the command  chown *.* bob:bob  george:george  ??
>>
> cd /home
> for x in *; do
> chown -R $x:$x $x
> done
>
That doesn't seem to work for what I'm doing.

What I'm trying to do is change all directories/files in a   /home/user, 
from one owner/group to another owner/group.

When I installed FC10, fresh install and format the /  partition and 
left the /home partition from the old fedora 8 install
in place.
FC10 for some reason change all the directories/files to another user on 
box into a  /home/user.
I know this sounds confusing but the point,  /home/molly has the wrong   
owner/group on her files.  I have got to get them back to molly:molly in 
/home/molly.

Thanks again

Thanks for your help