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[leonmcclatchey@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Leon McClatchey)]

Michael Lankton wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>This is odd.  Last night netscape wouldn't let
me save a file because I
<BR>didn't have permission.  I didn't have a clue, so I pulled up
rxvt,
<BR>su'ed, cd .., chown -R satan satan and chgrp -R users satan, then
<BR>netscape downloaded the file without protest.  Now I just tried
to
<BR>download a file 24 hours later and netscape said I didn't have
<BR>permission. So I pulled up rxvt and cd .. to /home, and my user
<BR>directory which should have been satan users was root root.  What
did I
<BR>screw up and how do I fix it?  Why would the ownership of my user
<BR>directory change to root without me doing so?
<BR>Thanks in advance, I'm puzzled by this.
<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE>
Well, when I run into that problem, (I do everything on the internet out
of xfree), I just pull up the root window, go to the directory that
I am trying to save the file in and check the permissions on that directory. 
Usually, the directory is set up owner root and group root, well, I just
keep the ownerships the same (I'm a member of the group root) and enable
the write for that group.  (664:=)
<PRE>-- 
cya l8r
Leon McClatchey
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