On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:00:45AM -0700, Tally Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| i created a user with adduser and made a directory for
| him under /home.
| but only the root has write permissions to his
| directory. HOW can i change his directory permissions.
| i have tried with chmod but it just won;t chamge its
| permissions. probably i am missing something here....

man chown

chown user directory
chmod 755 directory     # or whatever

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson, DoD#743        [EMAIL PROTECTED]    http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/

You need a brain the size of a melon to take it [the Isle of Man TT course]
all in and one the size of a walnut to actually race it.        - Peter Salmon



_______________________________________________
Redhat-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Reply via email to