hey guys...

i want to install ut2003 so i mkdir /Games directory and a /games dir. How do i deleted the /games dir? and also.... when i try to install ut2003 into that folder it says "no write permissions"
so i tried
chmod -r +x /Games = no go
chmod +x /Games = No go

what do i need to type?

heres another problem.... i cant install ut2003 it says please mount the cd drive.. but the cd is already installing the game... ive used it all day.. nowi cant mount or unmount it... BAH!!!

Password:
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 joe]# cd ..
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 home]# cd ..
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 /]# cd ..
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 /]# cd /mnt/cdrom/
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 cdrom]# unmount /mnt/cdrom/
bash: unmount: command not found
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 cdrom]# cd ..
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 mnt]# unmount /mnt/cdrom/
bash: unmount: command not found
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 mnt]# mount /mnt/cdrom/
mount: permission denied
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 mnt]# chmod +x /mnt/cdrom/
chmod: changing permissions of `/mnt/cdrom/': Read-only file system
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 mnt]# mount /mnt/cdrom/
mount: permission denied
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 mnt]# mount /mnt/cdrom/
mount: permission denied
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 mnt]#

chmod +w /Games

or even

chmod 600 /Games

and as far as un - mounting a drive. The command is umount (theres no n after the u)
Also Make sure your not in the directory that your trying to umount.


[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 /]# cd /mnt/cdrom/
[root@x1-6-00-4c-69-6e-75-79 cdrom]# unmount /mnt/cdrom/ notice how your inside the directory?

oh ya, and to remove a dir try

rm -Rf /directory/to/remove

the R stands for Recursive, meaning if it has any subdirectories inside it will delete them to. The f stands for force?...i think

thanks man ill try it

i got it, you're a bit messed up now
it should umount, right?

yeah i guess lol

i havent tried it yet.. im trying to d/l a ton of movies and stuff... im in xp now.. why dont wine work with kazaa?

also... does excursion irc work with wine? or is there a linux version?

whats a good irc cleint for downloading in linux?

ok, im tryin to install ut2003

i get to the part of "please mount the UT 2003 play disk CDROM"

i dont have a play disk... only 1,2 and 3

and also ive been #umount /mnt/cdrom2 (this is the cdrom the disk is in)
then #mount /mnt/cdrom2

and this does nothing....

im confused

ok... it took me an hour to find this post but ive been yelled at for making new threads so.. .

i cant seem to understand this permisions stuff. .. heres a few scren shots . . ive tried to type it in manually and tried the security permissions menu in mandrake 9.2.

http://hardwarewiz.com/forums/attach...s=&postid=7574
http://hardwarewiz.com/forums/attach...s=&postid=7575

A few things that will save you time.. you don't need the - after su
Don't bother typing in all the path, use either ./ or `pwd` with the `s
Try doing this..
chmod a+rxw ./ && stat ./

in stat it should say..
Access: (0777/drwxrwxrwx)

777 means read write and execute for all
First time learning, it's better to use the letters rather then the numbers, until you get used to it all
That should fix it

i dotn understand what your saying about this... lets say i want to get to /usr/share/xmms/skins
i tried typing ./xmms/skins and it didnt work




Try doing this..
chmod a+rxw ./ && stat ./

Thanks alot man... ive asked this question for like 2 months and your the first person to actually get it to work thanks... will that work for any file or folder?
what do i do for a file?
i went to that folder and typed chmod a+rxw ./ && stat ./ and i could write to it but theres been files that were locked....
i hate permissions

By the first thing I meant..
If you are in a folder and want to act on it, like.. say you are in /usr/src/linux and you want to chmod it, don't type the path in again. Use ./ or `pwd`
It works for any folder you are in right now
For files do:

ls -1 -b|xargs -n1 chmod a+rxw

That will chmod all the files in the directory you are in to make them writable and readable, and executable.

chmod a+rxw ./ && stat ./

You can take the && stat ./ off. That was just to see if they are really changing permissions.
With stat you can check the permission of a file, and a lot of other neat things:
stat <name or directory>

You'll stop miding them when you are used to them

thanks alot man... .