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Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 20:39:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
To: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu>
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Subject: Re: saving files with netscape (permission denied)
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nah i got it straight...thanks for reminding about the handbook though.



On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Russell Francis wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, G. Jason Middleton wrote:
>
> > 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
>
> You are still having this problem??  If so, I suggest reading the section
> of the Handbook on permissions Chapter 3 section 2
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/permissions.html
>
> using this and the programs
> ls, chmod, chown and chgrp
> you should be able to track down and fix the permissions within your home
> directory.
>
> you should also try the command
>
> #man hier
>
> which will give you an idea of the directory structure of your system.
>
> Cheers,
> Russ
>

G. Jason Middleton



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