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To: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu>
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Subject: Re: saving files with netscape (permission denied)
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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

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