permissions

[Doug Pollard]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 20:03:17 -0400
> William Witt <william at witt-family.net> wrote:
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>> On Friday 05 September 2008 19:42:17 Doug Pollard wrote:
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>>> Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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>>>> On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:58:06 -0400
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>>>> Doug Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>>>> Gettig this error message on after log in
>>>>> Users home $
>>>>> user$home / dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the 
>>>>>           
>> defaultcur/1218496046.21933.UFy9L:2,S
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>>>>> session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and
>>>>> have 644 permissions.Users$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
>>
>>     
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> 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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       Thanks much, Charlie.  If I was right anywhere near as much as I 
am wrong I'd be  rich man today. 
                                                                         
      Doug