From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns.pcdesk.net ([65.100.173.137] helo=gwen.pcdesk.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASL43-0000iK-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 13:52:31 -0500 Received: (qmail 1700 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2003 18:51:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO pcdesk.net) (127.0.0.1) by gwen.pcdesk.net with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 5 Dec 2003 18:51:39 -0000 X-MessageWall-Score: 0 (pcdesk.net) Received: from [65.100.173.138] (authenticated as jbahm) by pcdesk.net (MessageWall 1.0.8) with SMTP (encrypted with RC4-MD5); 5 Dec 2003 18:51:39 -0000 Message-ID: <001b01c3bb60$c9e1aa50$6700a8c0@morgan> From: "Joseph C. Lininger" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20031205130245.GA1324@lrxms.net> Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 11:51:27 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Subject: Re: permissions question X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2003 18:52:31 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 You need to ensure the group has read, write, and execute permission for the directory, and read write permission for the files you want to be accessable by the group. The following should accomplish this, assuming you want the group to be able to read and write all files in the directory. chmod g=rwX -R Replace with the name of the directory you are setting permissions on. Also, note that the X is capitalized. If you don't do this, you will set group execute on all of the files and the directory, which is not what you want. - --- Joseph C. Lininger jbahm@pcdesk.net - ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 6:02 AM Subject: permissions question > Folks, > > I created a group, I made the directory and set it to be owned by > root and the group, I also made all the files owned by root and > the group, I then added myself to the group using the usermod > program, but yet I can't write to the directory. What could I be > doing wrong here? > I read over the man page for usermod and assumed based on what I > read that I was on the correct path. > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 iQA/AwUBP9DTrSenap9Jqj2wEQJNFwCfZ3KRhJ0ESxQZRCcUs9fxNuJbomgAoOOK tUHcJbcLRKnf262k7DzO7GoR =Gq6s -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----