Re: [newbie] FILE PERMISSIONS!
On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, vishal bansal wrote: Hi folks; I am using linux mandrake 6.1. As a user I cannot write to files, but as a root I can. How do I assign permissions for the users to do so? As a general rule, users are only allowed to write to files within the $HOME and subdirectories. This makes good sense from a security point of view; that is why you seldom see *nix viruses. To change permissions, "man chmod". BUT, be aware of the security implication before going about it blindly. There are lots of directories that users SHOULDN'T be allowed write access. Not only are there security implications, this should prevent "fingering problems". Imagine a user issuing "\rm -r *" from /. End preaching mode. -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Ronald
Re: [newbie] FILE PERMISSIONS!
use the chmod ??? [filename], or the chown [username] [filename], or chgrp commands. -- From: vishal bansal [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] FILE PERMISSIONS! Date: 10 February 2000 22:43 Hi folks; I am using linux mandrake 6.1. As a user I cannot write to files, but as a root I can. How do I assign permissions for the users to do so? -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] FILE PERMISSIONS!
Hi folks; I am using linux mandrake 6.1. As a user I cannot write to files, but as a root I can. How do I assign permissions for the users to do so? -Vishal. __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [newbie] file permissions and pppd
On Tue, 01 Feb 2000, Bobby Welch wrote: issue the command ./usr/sbin/pppd i get the following error: ./pppd: must be root to run ./pppd, since it is not setuid-root. Now, i have tried giving the user permission to execute the pppd command using chmod 555 .. but I can still not execute the command as the user. I then tried to create a group by # chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd man chmod -- Rib [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] file permissions and pppd
Bobby Welch wrote: Hello, I would like for a user to be able to use the /usr/sbin/pppd command .. this is so that the user can connect to the internet via a modem using custum scripts. Now .. when i am logged in as user and I issue the command ./usr/sbin/pppd i get the following error: ./pppd: must be root to run ./pppd, since it is not setuid-root. Now, i have tried giving the user permission to execute the pppd command using chmod 555 .. but I can still not execute the command as the user. I Hi Bobby, so far I understand it,pppd must have root permissions when it is running. So the "s" permission for pppd should be set. Im not an expert,please look at http://www.mandrakeuser.org,they have detailled instructions,how to do this. Regards, Peter -- My humble homepage -- under construction http://home.arcor-online.de/peter.heckert
[newbie] file permissions and pppd
Hello, I would like for a user to be able to use the /usr/sbin/pppd command .. this is so that the user can connect to the internet via a modem using custum scripts. Now .. when i am logged in as user and I issue the command ./usr/sbin/pppd i get the following error: ./pppd: must be root to run ./pppd, since it is not setuid-root. Now, i have tried giving the user permission to execute the pppd command using chmod 555 .. but I can still not execute the command as the user. I then tried to create a group by editing the /etc/passwd file and the /etc/group giving both root and the user permission to execute this file .. i then changed the group for the file by typing in the following command: chgrp .newgroup pppd .. i still could not execute the pppd as user .. i then tried chgrp newgroup .newgroup pppd .. i still could not execute pppd. I do have linuxconf installed on my system .. now after i had changed the group settings manually and then started linuxconf .. when i went to exit linuxconf it said that it wanted to set the group settings for pppd back to root.root. Is there some sort of file that linuxconf keeps that is overriding what i am doing .. or am i doing somehthing wrong??? any help would be greatly appreciated =)
RE: [newbie] file Permissions
.profile is the shell script that runs once each time you log in. there will be an example in the /etc/skel filesystem. (same as .login in C-SHELL or .bash_profile in bash) do a man on umask. It sets the file permissions on all files that you create in your unix session. set it with the following: umask 027 This will create files with permissions set to 750 or RWXR-X---. - Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Clay Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] file Permissions what .profile ? is that just the name of the file or is that just the extentsion? i am pretty much a total linux newbie sorry :) ...i have used linux slackware but didn't really like x-windows enviroment and had trouble getting kde up and running on it so i decide to give linux mandrake a try :) Jeff Watkins wrote: Try the umask environment parameter in your .profile. - Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Doyle Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] file Permissions On Sat, 06 Mar 1999, you wrote: I figured out why all my files were not working right it wasn't that they were text files but the permissions are messed up... everytime i try to install something the permissions for it are always messed up! is their some setting i can change to stop this... i am not telling it to save permissions i don't think but apparently it is! anyone have any idea why it is doing this...i am using linux mandrake 5.3 if that has anything to do with it G'day Try this on the win box use WINZIP to zip all the RPMs into one zip file, then place this in your linux /home/dir or where you want and use KFM to find the zip file, right click and you should see Archiver as one of the options unzip with this and you should find all is well, works here for me :-)) -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 http://landofoz.apana.org.au NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
RE: [newbie] file Permissions
Try the umask environment parameter in your .profile. - Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Doyle Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 5:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] file Permissions On Sat, 06 Mar 1999, you wrote: I figured out why all my files were not working right it wasn't that they were text files but the permissions are messed up... everytime i try to install something the permissions for it are always messed up! is their some setting i can change to stop this... i am not telling it to save permissions i don't think but apparently it is! anyone have any idea why it is doing this...i am using linux mandrake 5.3 if that has anything to do with it G'day Try this on the win box use WINZIP to zip all the RPMs into one zip file, then place this in your linux /home/dir or where you want and use KFM to find the zip file, right click and you should see Archiver as one of the options unzip with this and you should find all is well, works here for me :-)) -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 http://landofoz.apana.org.au
[newbie] file Permissions
I figured out why all my files were not working right it wasn't that they were text files but the permissions are messed up... everytime i try to install something the permissions for it are always messed up! is their some setting i can change to stop this... i am not telling it to save permissions i don't think but apparently it is! anyone have any idea why it is doing this...i am using linux mandrake 5.3 if that has anything to do with it NetZero - We believe in a FREE Internet. Shouldn't you? Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download.html
