permissions

[Charlie Kravetz]

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:03:17 -0400
William Witt <william at witt-family.net> wrote:

> On Friday 05 September 2008 19:42:17 Doug Pollard wrote:
> > Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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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$home / dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the 
> defaultcur/1218496046.21933.UFy9L:2,S
> > >> session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and
> > >> have 644 permissions.Users$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
> > >
> > > - --
> > > Charlie Kravetz
> > > Linux Registered User Number 425914          [http://counter.li.org/]
> > > Never let anyone steal your DREAM.           [http://keepingdreams.com]
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> > Should the first user after /home/  be my user name?  I tried ( usr) as
> > well. is permissions to be changed to 677 ??  I'm missing something here
> > !!  Below is bash response.
> >                                         Doug
> >
> >
> > chown: invalid user: `/home/user/file_to-change_permissions_of'
> 
> The chown syntax was reversed (at least from what I'm used to):
> sudo chown [username]:[groupname] [filename]
> 
> you'll want to do these, one of them should fix the issue (replace all 
> occurrences of [username] with your username):
> 
> -This will ensure you own your home directory and all of its contents:
> sudo chown -R [username]:[username] /home/[username]
> 
> -This will make sure it is not writable by all users:
> sudo chmod o-w /home/[username]
> 
> -This resets permissions on the .dmrc file in your home directory:
> chmod 644 ~/.dmrc
> 
> Will
> 

You are right. My apologies, Doug. My brain is asleep, I think, or it
just didn't work. Next time I will have to check my commands better.

Good luck,

- -- 
Charlie Kravetz 
Linux Registered User Number 425914          [http://counter.li.org/]
Never let anyone steal your DREAM.           [http://keepingdreams.com]
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