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Re: [Sheflug] More 'ownership' things :-(
In message <20030618193836.GR15167 [at] halon.org.uk>
Neil McGovern <sheflug [at] halon.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 08:20:23PM +0100, Ruth Gunstone wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> Hi there Ruth,
> > I want to set the permissions for a folder,
[snip]
>
> As root, what error comes up when you type: # chmod 777 website ?
>
No error message, but when I do 'ls -l' again, the permissions are unchanged.
> > When I do 'chgrp ruth websites', I get 'Operation not permitted'.
> Have a look at /etc/group
ok...
> Is the group ruth in there?
yep - ruth:x:501:
> If not, you'll have to do (as root) # groupadd ruth
>
> > Can anyone tell me why please?..and how to change the group?
>
> It is, indeed, with chgrp. However, you can also do: $ chown user:group
> file
Just tried that - got "operation not permitted" :-(
>
> > I've noticed that any new folder created on the partition is in group
> > 'root'.
>
> This also points to the user ruth having a group of root. As ruth: $ groups
>
> This should tell you what groups you are in.
ok -
$ groups
ruth cdwriter
Presumably this means 'I' am in group 'ruth', and so is user 'cdwriter'??
Could the problem be related to the way the FAT32 partition is mounted?
TTFN!
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Ruth Gunstone (ruth at bolsterstone dot demon dot co dot uk)
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