[Discuss] permissions on partitions

[Lionel Widdifield]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2006 at 09:36:05PM -0500, David Lee wrote:

> When I go to the /data directory (partition?) to make some directories ( 
> photos, music, and videos),
> I get an "access denied to /data/photo". I have tried reading and trying 
> chmod and chown, but to no avail.

as a user open a command line and issue the following commands noting their
output.


ls -ld /data

id



> If I su and and use command line, it's fine. 

 Permissions on UNIX like systems are typically ignored if the uid = 0
ie root.

 if NOT root then check permissions.


> How do I change permissions on a more permanent basis for all users?

 You give write access to the users group is one way
also look at the /tmp directory. 

  ls -ld /tmp


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