Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 13:33:53 -0400 From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com> To: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu> Cc: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>, Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: saving files with netscape (permission denied) Message-ID: <20010812133353.A6277@moo.holy.cow> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010812103110.6565A-100000@p1>; from frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 10:39:24AM -0400 References: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0108121015550.275571-100000@irix1.gl.umbc.edu> <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010812103110.6565A-100000@p1>
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 12 10:39 -0400, sent by Russell Francis > ... > > 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>. ... if /home is a symbolic link to /usr/home, like i have, then /home/username is same as /usr/home/username (for all practical purposes). in either case, /home (and/or /usr/home) would be owned/writeable by root. -- so, do you like word games or scrabble? - parv To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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