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Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 20:40:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu>
To: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
Cc: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu>,
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Subject: Re: saving files with netscape (permission denied)
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thanks for pointing that out to the other guy...i was wondering what he
meant.


On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, parv wrote:

> 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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G. Jason Middleton



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