Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 12:39:28 -0400 From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> To: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu> Cc: Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: saving files with netscape (permission denied) Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0108121231450.278179-100000@irix1.gl.umbc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010812103110.6565A-100000@p1>
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ok so i can save then to a folder in my home directory just not to the root of my hmoe directory. and yes i was wrong i am trying to save it in /home/username.....so that is the correct way to save it....unless i want to say it to a folder (which i did) in my hmoe directory..so..wonder what it could be? Jasoin On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Russell Francis wrote: > > I went to download a file using netscape and it says permission denied. > > Obviosly this has to do with permissions. > > Sure does! > > > I executed X (startx) as > > "/usr/home/username/startx" and of course i am "logged in as > > "username" > > Are you sure about this? On my system startx is /usr/X11R6/bin/startx > another popular startup script is /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit > > > when i go to save a file to /usr/home/username/ i get the permission > > denied error while trying to save the file. > > Are you sure about this? My home directory is /home/username > /usr/* is for system files and I don't think it is writable except > /usr/tmp by anyone but <root>. try > > #ls -lsa /usr > > > What do i need to do to allow netscape to save files to my home directory? > > Try saving them to /home/username or use the `~' character as it defaults > to your home directory whatever it may be! i.e. > ~/downloads/somefile.tar.gz > > is the same as > > /home/<username>/downloads/somefile.tar.gz > > > Good Luck, > Russell Francis > G. Jason Middleton _______________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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