From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ns1.sunset.net ([205.161.255.5] helo=onyx.sunset.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DQVBi-0001Tx-00 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 14:53:38 -0400 Received: from sunset.net (208-53-84-223.chico.ca.digitalpath.net [208.53.84.223]) by onyx.sunset.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3QIqORX008085 for ; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:52:24 -0700 Received: (from rreid@localhost) by sunset.net (8.13.3/8.12.8/Submit) id j3QIrekY028289 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53:40 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 11:53:40 -0700 From: "Ralph W. Reid" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20050426185340.GA28214@sunset.net> References: <000c01c549e7$7f317d70$c2a9e744@nedelko83f1172> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000c01c549e7$7f317d70$c2a9e744@nedelko83f1172> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Subject: Re: setting security bits on UNIX X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 18:53:39 -0000 I'm not sure why chmod won't work unless you are not the owner of the file. Try: chmod 755 filename.html where filename.html is the file you want to make available. Umask is used to set the default file permissions, not to change the permissions on the fly. See the man pages for chmod, umask, and bash for more info. HTH, and have a _great_ day. On Mon, Apr 25, 2005 at 03:38:26PM -0700, Ned wrote: > Hi all, > > I don't know how to take off protection from one of my files > Tried umask 022, umask 0, etc, nothing works. The chmod command didn't work either. I don't know the values that I need to put in. > The ls -l fileName command should give me: > -rwxr-xr-x > but not all dashes as it does now. > It's an html file that needs to be read and executed by anybody. > Please help. > > Many thanks in advance! > Ned > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Ralph. N6BNO. Wisdom comes from central processing, not from I/O. rreid@sunset.net http://personalweb.sunset.net/~rreid ...passing through The City of Internet at the speed of light! y = x ^ LOG_B (x, y)