[Users] CM crashed and burned

[Michael Schwendt]

On Sun, 22 Dec 2024 07:41:11 -0700, Duke Normandin wrote:

> I ran:   claws-mail --alternate-config-dir claws-dir-backup
>
> /home/dnormandin/claws-dir-backup/clawsrc: claws_fopen: No such
> file or
> directory

One of the files owned by root according to your earlier attachment.
So, if you haven't copied it as root user, it's not found in your backup
dir. Or you've copied it as root user, but have not changed ownership
afterwards. You could have shown "ls -la" for that dir to help with
trouble-shooting.

Currently, nobody on the list can tell what files are found in the backup
dir you try to use. Theoretically, you could start with an empty dir and
copy individual files into it. Such as the most important ones "clawsrc"
and "accountrc", possibly "passwordstorerc".

> I then copied my claws-dir-backup to claws-dir-bak-not-root/ and
> `chown' ed all the files to me.

Again, you didn't show what files are in the config dir you've created.
It could be that clawsrc is missing because you've not copied it.
It could also be that accountrc is missing, since that was another one
of the files owned by root.

Somehow it seems that a few days ago you've messed with "su" before
running Claws Mail.