From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Aug 29 11:14:26 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from prserv.net (out4.prserv.net [32.97.166.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF99337B423 for ; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:14:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from attglobal.net ([129.37.165.186]) by prserv.net (out4) with SMTP id <20000829181422239039ee6ae>; Tue, 29 Aug 2000 18:14:22 +0000 Message-ID: <39ABFDD7.26473790@attglobal.net> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:15:51 -0400 From: youlgok@attglobal.net Reply-To: youlgok@attglobal.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Odhiambo Washington , FreeBSD-Questions Subject: Re: Q: Permission of /zip References: <39AB9F21.1E5B4F7D@attglobal.net> <20000829151021.A86770@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> <20000829170444.B29211@linux.rainbow> <20000829204901.B58433@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG yes, I was talking about a zip drive. thanks a lot to all. -youlgok Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Quoting Igor Roboul : > [000829 17:53]: > Igor Roboul>On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:10:21PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > Igor Roboul>> Quoting youlgok@attglobal.net : > Igor Roboul>> [000829 14:29]: > Igor Roboul>> youlgok@attglobal.net>How can I change a permission to use /zip for an user. Currently, only > Igor Roboul>> youlgok@attglobal.net>root can access it. > Igor Roboul>> > Igor Roboul>> chmod g+wr /zip > Igor Roboul>> or chmod 750 /zip > > I was assuming this pal was talking about a file (folder) called zip. That > is why I gave him the options. I hoped he'd know about 777 and things like > that ;-) > Maybe he can tell us he's talking about a ZIP drive. > > Igor Roboul>Which is NOT equalent :-) "chmod 770 /zip" > Igor Roboul>But this will not work. I think he wish allow users mount (not only write) ZIP > Igor Roboul>drives. Best way is to use mtools port (so users don't need mount zip) > Igor Roboul> > Igor Roboul>-- > Igor Roboul>Igor Roboul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga" > Igor Roboul>http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 > Igor Roboul> > Igor Roboul> > Igor Roboul>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > Igor Roboul>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > -- > Odhiambo Washington > Systems Administrator > Inter-Connect Ltd. > 3rd Flr The Chancery > Valley Rd > PO Box 39519 Nairobi > Tel: 254 2 711140 > Fax: 254 2 718418 > > Try to find your deepest issue in every confusion, and abide by that. -D. H. > Lawrence, "Selected Essays" > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message