How do I port forward correctly?

BMX_ATVMAN14 · 09-11-2012, 08:00 PM

Another question, I can't seem to find a staright answer, I want to give my user read and write access (not root)
Because it does this:

Code:

Cannot write to `install.sh.1' (Permission denied).
[minecraft@metroville html]$

evo2 · 09-11-2012, 08:16 PM

Hi,

since you had been running the minecraft server as root in the minecraft users home directory there will be a bunch of old root owned files in the minecraft users home directory. I think the best thing to do here is (as root) is delete all those root owned files (in the minecraft users directory) and then, don't do things as root.

You can see how owns various files and directories by using ls with the -l flag. Ie

Code:

ls -l

Alternatively you can change the ownership of those files using the chown command.
Eg

Code:

chown minecraft.minecraft install.sh.1

Again this would have to be done as root if the file install.sh.1 is owned by root.

HTH,

Evo2.

PS. I'm glad you appreciate my help, but it would be great if you could click on the "Did you find this post helpful? Yes" links. ;-)

BMX_ATVMAN14 · 09-11-2012, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

since you had been running the minecraft server as root in the minecraft users home directory there will be a bunch of old root owned files in the minecraft users home directory. I think the best thing to do here is (as root) is delete all those root owned files (in the minecraft users directory) and then, don't do things as root.

You can see how owns various files and directories by using ls with the -l flag. Ie

Code:

ls -l

Alternatively you can change the ownership of those files using the chown command.
Eg

Code:

chown minecraft.minecraft install.sh.1

Again this would have to be done as root if the file install.sh.1 is owned by root.

HTH,

Evo2.

PS. I'm glad you appreciate my help, but it would be great if you could click on the "Did you find this post helpful? Yes" links. ;-)

I can't download the install file because I don't have access do when I do the chown command it doesn't find it

Thanks

evo2 · 09-11-2012, 08:45 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by BMX_ATVMAN14

I can't download the install file because I don't have access do when I do the chown command it doesn't find it

Do you see it when you do an 'ls -l'?
Again, output from the terminal can be helpful.

Evo2.

BMX_ATVMAN14 · 09-11-2012, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by evo2

Hi,

Do you see it when you do an 'ls -l'?
Again, output from the terminal can be helpful.

Evo2.

Reply from "minecraft" user

Code:

[minecraft@metroville ~]$ ls -l
total 12
drwxrwxr-x 4 minecraft minecraft 4096 Sep 11 20:58 Metroville
-rw-rw-r-- 1 minecraft minecraft 4558 Sep  2 04:00 wget-log
[minecraft@metroville ~]$

Reply from "root"

Code:

[root@metroville ~]# ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep  5 21:21 Finished
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep  5 21:21 Package
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep  5 21:21 Processing
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Sep  5 21:21 Running
[root@metroville ~]#

evo2 · 09-11-2012, 09:24 PM

Hi,

you need to cd to the directory that you want to work in. The directory that you are put in when you ssh to the machine should be the home directory of that particular user. For the root user that should be /root and for the minecraft user that is probably /home/minecraft . Please get the hang of using cd, pwd and ls to navigate the file system, then you should be able to solve your problems related to where you can downloads files.

Evo2.

PS. Within the shell, the directory "~" can be used as sort of alias forcurrent users home directory. The "~" in your prompt is indicating the that you are in that users home directory. You can use the pwd command to confirm this.