permissions

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:58:06 -0400
Doug Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Gettig this error message on after log in
> Users home $
> user$home / dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default 
> session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and 
> have 644 permissions.Users$Home directory must be owned by user writeble 
> by other users.
> 
> 
> I have moved files from and external usb drive they are files saved by 
> windows  I want to store them in my user home  drive.  I then want to 
> reformat and partition  the usb drive and move clips back into it again 
> so that I can work and use video clips in it to be used in Cinelerra.
>     What I really need is the comands to change the permissions in user 
> home.  If this doesn't make sense I will try to rewrite for more clarity.
>                         
> This below I think is what I need to change ??
> 
> lrwxrwxrwx  1 foo foo    1 2008-09-05 12:04 ubuntu -> .
>                 Thanks Doug
> 
> 

Try this:

sudo chown /home/USER/file_to_change_permissions_of USER.USER

Replace USER with your user name. This will change the above foo foo to
your user name

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Charlie Kravetz 
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