change umask to 000 and permissions to 777 and then recheck... umask 000 filename chmod 777 filename
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Alex Smith (K4RNT) <shadowhun...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Very* weird. I thought owner could change permissions even if he > accidentally did that to himself... > > Hmmm. Guess it depends on the OS or the filesystem. > > You got me. Wish I could help you. > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Andrew Farnsworth <farn...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Hey everyone, >> We had a minor problem here at work and I thought I would bounce this >> off the list. By accident, a user changed permissions to 077 rather than >> 777 on a temporary directory in /tmp giving the following results. >> >> d---rwxrwx 2 abc111 gabcd 4096 Apr 20 12:08 dstpatch >> >> Now that user cannot change the permissions, cannot delete the directory, >> cannot read or write the directory. As a member of the group "gabcd" and >> since the world has rwx permissions on this directory, why can she not >> change the permissions and / or access the directory at all? I am a member >> of the group and can create files in the directory or delete files out of >> the directory but I cannot rename or delete the directory itself and cannot >> change permissions on it. Outside of the root user doing a chmod (and this >> includes using sudo), is there any way to resolve this issue? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Andy >> >> > > > > -- > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the > first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all > irrevocably.' Those words were uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and > warning... The first time any man's freedom is trodden on we’re all > damaged." - Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie > - Alex Smith (K4RNT) > - Nashville, Tennessee USA > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
