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Subject: Re: permissions question
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You have to run usermod as root of course.  You can always add yourself to
the group by editing the /etc/groups file.
Sean
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Subject: Re: permissions question


> Ari,
>
> When I run id I get the following.
>
> uid=500(showell) gid=500(showell) groups=500(showell),503(x10)
>
> I did try logging out of one shell and logging back in with no change.
> The program just says it can't write to that directory. The directory is
> off /etc, but I wouldn't think this would matter.
>
> tnx
> Scott
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