From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from netsonic.fi ([194.29.192.20] helo=nalle.netsonic.fi ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1ASG6f-00064A-00 for ; Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:34:53 -0500 Received: from campus.local (qmailr@wanda69.adsl.netsonic.fi [81.17.192.69]) by nalle.netsonic.fi (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id hB5DX7o00445 for ; Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:33:07 +0200 Received: (qmail 20400 invoked by uid 1000); 5 Dec 2003 13:34:50 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 5 Dec 2003 13:34:50 -0000 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 15:34:49 +0200 (EET) From: Ari Moisio To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: <20031205130245.GA1324@lrxms.net> Message-ID: References: <20031205130245.GA1324@lrxms.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: permissions question X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: arimo@netsonic.fi, "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 13:34:54 -0000 Hi! Sometimes you have to re-login before group chages work. What does command 'id' tell about your current groups? -- arimo On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 showell@lrxms.net wrote: > 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 >