use the chmod ??? [filename], or the chown [username] [filename], or chgrp
commands.
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> 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 can
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.
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
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 e
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
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
&g
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.
