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11-19-2003, 06:07 PM	#1
linuxgamer Member Registered: Sep 2003 Distribution: SuSE, Linspire, Fedora, RH Enterprise Posts: 89 Rep:	I made a directory for backups, but I dont want to accidently move or delete it. How can I set the permissions for the directory to allow my backup programs to write to it, but still not accidently move/delete the directory? chown? remember I am a newbie, please be gentle :P Last edited by linuxgamer; 11-21-2003 at 01:44 PM.

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