Re: [Evolution] importing Evolution TO Evolution

[Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo ximian com>]

On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 15:42, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-06-26 at 23:29, Glen Roberts wrote:
> > Most folks use the root account rather than creating
> > their own at one time or another when building a Linux
> > box.  This causes problems when using apps like Gnome,
> > screensavers and Evolution.  So, here I am trying to
> > bring my Evolutions 1.4 settings over to my personal
> > account and they're not working hence having to resort
> > to using Yahoo for email.  
> >
> > Using su I've copied the evolution directory over but
> > it still does not use them.  What gives? How can one
> > use existing Evolution settings even when the program
> > won't import it's OWN files?
>
> Here's a way I ended up working around this:
>
> After setting up my system and using it for a few days as "root", I
> copied the /root/evolution folder to a VFAT drive, logged out/in as the
> user I wanted (me, I reckon), got all my settings/desktops/wm's the way
> I wanted, then ran Evo again...without really setting up any REAL
> accounts, then killed Evo (killev) and deleted the existing
> ~/home/mynamegoeshere/evolution diretory and copied the old one off the
> VFAT partition where I wanted it, and ran Evo again...voila! all my
> account info was there, all my email was there...
>
> A bit roundabout, but it worked...
yeah, just copying, as root, /root/evolution to your home and changing
the permissions would have been enough. No need for a VFAT drive at all.

cheers