How do I get ownership of my mailboxes.

[Eric Weir]

On 4/30/2008 Eric Weir wrote:

>  What can I do to get ownership of my mailboxes back? [And why, when
>  they're in my /home folder are they owned by /root? [They were copied
>  from a second drive which I use for backing up which is also owned by
>  /root. Which brings up another question: how can I mount the second
>  drive so that it's not owned by root?]]

I've made some progress, but am further mystified by a remaining problem.

I recopied the Thunderbird mailboxes and folders from the Thunderbird 
profile, instead of from the backup on the other drive. Now all the 
mailboxes and folders open  but one. When I check it, it is still owned 
by /root. The original from which I copied, however, is owned by me.

I've double-checked this: before copying, the folder is owned by /eric; 
after copying it is owned by /root.

What's going on?

Thanks,
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Eric Weir
Decatur, GA  USA
eeweir at bellsouth.net