[Users] CM crashed and burned

[Malachi Constant]

On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 08:23:54 -0700
Duke Normandin <sidney.reilley.ii at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:35:12 +0100
> Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 20 Dec 2024 12:39:59 -0700, Duke Normandin wrote:
> >
> > Had not noticed this attachment before. You have various files with
> > root:root ownership in your Claws Mail home directory, especially
> > the main clawsrc config fille. All dated Dec 20th, so that
> > indicates you may have created a mess there accidentally.
> 
> I know! But I didn't do it - all of a sudden I got a bunch of error
> msgs saying permission denied  do you want to use a "backup" file
> instead - or some such. I said yes, and it choked again!
> 
> Anyway, I reinstalled claws in a blank .claws-mail dir. How do I now
> recover my mail/folders etc?
> 
> I got sylpheed working again  - even with Gmail - as a 3rd backup MUA.
> CM choked on me twice in the last, 3rd time will be its last time. Thx
> for all your input!!

I'm not particularly knowledgeable, but it seems to me that what you
could/should do is re-set the ownerships and groups throughout
.claws-mail using chown.  Something like:

   sudo chown -R dnormandin:dnormandin .claws-mail

As you have been advised, make a back-up of .claws-mail before doing
this, just in case:

    sudo cp -R .claws-mail backup.claws-mail

(This could take a while, depending on how much stuff you've got in
.claws-mail.)

I'm pretty sure that I've got the syntax right.  Others who are wiser
than I should correct me if I haven't.

Hope this helps.

sincerely,

Unk