That did the trick! Thanks - and my apologies for not searching the archives on this one.
Cheers, Ben On 5/27/04 11:20 PM, "Martin Costabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Benjamin Armstrong wrote: > >> Any ideas why fink self-update keeps on failing - with the following: >> > [] >> ./Command/chowname.....................NOK 2# Failed test >> (./Command/chowname.t at line 27) >> # got: 'root' >> # expected: 'nobody' > > The last couple of times this came up, it was caused by the fact that > Fink was installed on a partition with the "ignore ownership and > permissions" box checked (in the "Get info" panel). Uncheck it. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users