dark side convert with permissions troubles...
Hi.
I am very new to Linux but not new to PC's. I've been working with PC's since... well let's just say I could boot my Apple IIe without much trouble. All these years though, I never took the time to learn about Linux. I was just too comfortable with my MS stuff to look away. So please bare with me as I shake off the mud and get used to this system. Anway, I cannot seem to get a handle on the whole permissions scheme (at least I think this is a permissions problem) in Fedora Core 2. I can install it, set up a user and get Firefox/Thunderbird & various other things set up. I even have my wife's user account set up. however, I recently updated the kernel and various packages and when it was complete, all of the permissions that were working just fine for user access to things like wallpaper, themes & various files that were created prior to the update are now no longer accesable by users. I can only write or execute via root. when I view the permissions in the properties for any of the offending files, it says that my user is the owner but I cannot change the permission because my user is not the owner!!! does this make sense? Is this indicative of another issue I am not aware of? Please help a Linux rookie out. Thanks. J |
Could you post some specific examples?
Go into a directory---eg /home/username---and type "ls -l" Here is an example: -rwxr-xr-x 1 mherring mherring 10941 Aug 14 19:24 135_invite.odt This says that the owner (mherring) has full privileges. The owner and root should be able the change the privilges (chmod), but noone else. If you are logged in as the owner of a file (or directory), and you cannot do a chmod, then something is very wrong. |
Edit /etc/fstab and add umask=000 to the offending partition's fourth column in that file. See if that helps.
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drwx------ 31 myuser myuser 4096 Aug 21 19:23 myuser wwwDOTtheswampDOTorg/screens/jim/Screenshot.png you can see at the bottom where it states I am not the owner of the file. |
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To examine the situation more closely, you can look at the output of `cat /etc/passwd' and `cat /etc/group' to the numerical user/group owner of some files (shown by the output of `ls -n'). Compare the actual results with the expected outcome, and see if we can narrow down the problem any more. PS for more info consult the following: man 5 passwd man group man umask man ls man 5 fstab man 8 mount PPS If you post your passwd or group files, make sure the second field is either empty or has an `x' for each entry (so you are not making your passwords publically available for the whole world to decrypt). |
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