[Wylug-help] Permissions (Was: Procmail problem - resolved)

[Anne Wilson]

On Tuesday 22 Nov 2005 22:59, Smylers wrote:
>
> Many people seem to have a few troubles with permissions.  If you're
> one of them then I'd advise completely forgetting about the numbers
> (not learning them in the first place is probably superior, but if
> that's already happened there isn't much you can do) and giving the
> symbols a try instead -- it may not suit everybody, but it's probably
> worth a go.
>
Actually, I don't normally have problems with this.  I think I know, on 
reflection, what happened.  I wanted to test a new recipe and the 
easiest way, I thought, was over a smb connection.  Because 
Mandrake/Mandriva changed the way new accounts are created - I think it 
brings them into line with most other distros - I ended up with a UID 
of 501 on the server, but 500 here.  I believe, that in a mad moment, I 
thought it could cause me a problem for the edit, so I temporarily 
added write permission for the group user.  Pebcak, of course, but then 
I tend to look at that first.  Trouble is that memory sometimes 
fails ;-)

Anne
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