changing file permissions

[Bryce C]

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No. You can, and I do, use the '.' separator. The problem is that VFAT
has no perms and you're trying to give it some.
Here, plug in this toaster. But there's no power cord.

On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 14:33, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> > Sorry I did not include what it is giving me.
> > rob@fearlessrogue:~$ su
> > Password:
> > root@fearlessrogue:/home/rob# cd /
> > root@fearlessrogue:/# chown rob.rob /stuff
> > chown: changing ownership of `/stuff': Operation not permitted
> > root@fearlessrogue:/#
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> Syntax should be
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> chown owner:group directory
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> Looks like you just need to change the '.' to a ':'.
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> >> What is the commmand to change ownership of a directory on the command
> >>  line? the man page for chmod is not very helpful.
> >>
> >> I am trying to make a guest user account that would rx access my
> >> music,  but no access to my email and such...
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> An easy way to do permsions is
> + is add
> - is take away
> =3D is stay the same
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> u is owner
> s is group
> o is others
> a is all
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> r is read
> w is write
> x is execute
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> You want some one else to be able to read and execute your music so do..
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> chmod o+rx musicdir
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> do an ls -l to verify
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> -Derek
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Bryce C <Plug@BryceCo.Net>
CoBryce Communications

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