On 20/04/2008, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does debian have a utility I can run to check and repair disk permissions? > On a mac under applications and utilities and under disk repair utility > there's a function for repair disk permissions which can check permissions > against a known default set and repair if necessary. It could be the > problems I'm having with dpkg may be because some permissions somewhere > aren't set right.
In most GUI File-managers you check and change permissions by right clicking an item and clicking properties (or something similar). You may also want to take a look at the "chmod" command". It's probably worth noting that generally dpkg is run as root - whenever I see instructions on using it,, the instructions always seem to follow the format su dpkg .... Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
