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Old 03-24-2008, 08:24 AM   #1
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How to allow users to access files in /usr/local/<directory>


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i have install erlang into /usr/local/erlang. However only the root user is able to access the directory. How to let the normal users to access the file in /usr/local/erlang ?

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Old 03-24-2008, 09:22 AM   #2
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As root issue "chown -R username.users /usr/local/erlang"
or just change permissions on that directory
 
Old 03-24-2008, 10:39 AM   #3
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Read & Execute access for everyone(no Write access):
[root@localhost ~]$ chmod 755 /usr/local/erlang

Read, Write, Execute access for everyone:
[root@localhost ~]$ chmod 777 /usr/local/erlang
 
Old 03-26-2008, 10:04 PM   #4
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