Date: Sat, 15 Jan 2000 12:17:00 +0100 From: "James A Wilde" <james.wilde@telia.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: chmod command doesn't work was: chmod: invalid file mode: 04711 Message-ID: <002801bf5f4a$0ccca4e0$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net> References: <7787.947865635@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <00a501bf5eb8$aa0e71d0$8208a8c0@iqunlimited.net>
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Sorry to harp but I've been experimenting a bit with this. I had an idea at the back of my mind that I had seen similar behaviour before. The chmod command does not appear to work at all on this machine. I have gone in as root on the console and typed the following: mkdir test chown james test chmod 04711 test chmod 4711 test chmod 711 test chown root test chmod 04711 test chmod 4711 test chmod 711 test chmod 644 test I used 644 in the last case since this is the example in 'man chmod'. In every case of the chmod command I get: 'chmod: invalid file mode: nnnnn' - where nnnnn is the 3-5 digit number I have listed above. So my problem is not with installing ssh2 but with the chmod command. Does anyone have any suggestions? TIA mvh/regards James Wilde To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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