On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:33, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 9:25 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:10:44 +0100 > > > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > I need to change permissions of /dev/v4l. As su I can chown, > > > chgrp and chmod, the ls shows the new values. If I log out and > > > in again they are back to what they were before. Why? It can't > > > be security, because I'm changing the owner to root. > > > > msec. > > > > it doesn't *like* you to mess with file perms outside of your home > > dir, mostly. > > > > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/smsec.html > > But msec originally allowed me to change it to owner anne. Why would > it not let me put it back to root? I have tried as user, but it > wasn't allowed - fair enough. As root the change was accepted - > until I logged out and in again. Then anne owned it again. > > Anne
Reason number 43 of why I just "love" msec *grin*..... but it could very well be the problem. It's "helping" you. James
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
