Duncan Webb wrote:
> John Molohan wrote:
>
>> Duncan Webb wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Jonathan Isom wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Elizabeth Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> new install, gentoo 2.6.28-r8, stable
>>>>> freevo starts as root
>>>>> but not as user
>>>>> any ideas?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> Looks like a permission problem.
>>>> try changing the permissions of /var/cache/freevo/
>>>> chown -R YOURFREEVOUSER:users /var/cache/freevo/
>>>> should fix it or set
>>>> FREEVO_CACHEDIR
>>>> to a different directory
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I tend to do this a bit differently:
>>> find /var/cache/freevo -type d -exec chmod g+srw {} \;
>>> find /var/cache/freevo -type d -exec chgrp users {} \;
>>> find /var/cache/freevo -type f -exec chmod g+rw {} \;
>>> find /var/cache/freevo -type f -exec chgrp users {} \;
>>>
>>> or
>>>
>>> chmod -R g+rw /var/cache/freevo/
>>> chgrp -R users /var/cache/freevo/
>>> find /var/cache/freevo -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;
>>>
>>> Then if different users create new files and directories they should be
>>> accessible and writeable by all members of the group.
>>>
>>> etc...
>>>
>>> Duncan
>>>
>>>
>> Is that little gem in the wiki ;)
>>
>>
>
> Optimist
>
It was a bit tongue in cheek :)
> Well this is basic Linux/Unix permission stuff that really is not Freevo
> related. It is difficult to know where to draw the line. We certainly
> won't have an explanation of 'ls' in the wiki. I'm not sure about
> permission stuff as the original design of freevo is as a stand-a-lone
> box where it doesn't matter about permissions.
>
I know where you're coming from, I think that freevo users at some stage
will be fairly novice linux users and mightn't have any knowledge of
find let alone chmod so it could be handy.
> I'll let the community decide...
>
> Duncan :-)
>
Sounds good.
John
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