From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from md-mtary-cmts1b-156.chvlva.adelphia.net ([68.170.76.156] helo=apollo.lan) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASJai-0008AV-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 12:18:09 -0500 Received: from apollo.lan (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by apollo.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hB5HH2lC001814; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:17:02 -0500 Received: (from showell@localhost) by apollo.lan (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hB5HH2bX001811; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:17:02 -0500 From: showell@lrxms.net Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 12:17:02 -0500 To: arimo@netsonic.fi, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031205171702.GA1738@lrxms.net> Mail-Followup-To: arimo@netsonic.fi, "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." References: <20031205130245.GA1324@lrxms.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Cc: 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 17:18:09 -0000 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