Re: Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread Chris Davies
Gorka wrote: > I have got Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my pendrive. In /ME folder I have > got some files.bin to upgrade the BIOS an so. > The problem is that I can't execute them. It says I have no > permissions.These are 7001 (last number refers back to the sticky bit) > I'm trying to set 'sudo c

Re: Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread Bob McGowan
On 05/10/2011 05:18 AM, Gorka wrote: > Parent directory is / > > > > Aparently it changes permissions to 777, but suddenly they turn into > 7001 again. There is some kind of persistency. Chown works well, but > chmod works so. > <--deleted other suggestions for brevity--> > Try creating a ne

Re: Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread shawn wilson
On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Gorka wrote: > > >> De: robo...@news.nic.it [mailto:robo...@news.nic.it] En nombre de >> Chris Davies >> Enviado el: martes, 10 de mayo de 2011 15:21 >> >> Gorka wrote: >> > I have got Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my pendrive. In /ME folder I have >> > got some file

RE: Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread Gorka
> De: robo...@news.nic.it [mailto:robo...@news.nic.it] En nombre de > Chris Davies > Enviado el: martes, 10 de mayo de 2011 15:21 > > Gorka wrote: > > I have got Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my pendrive. In /ME folder I have > > got some files.bin to upgrade the BIOS an so. > > The problem is that

Re: Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread Chris Davies
Gorka wrote: > I have got Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my pendrive. In /ME folder I have got > some files.bin to upgrade the BIOS an so. > The problem is that I can't execute them. It says I have no > permissions.These are 7001 (last number refers back to the sticky bit) > I'm trying to set 'sudo chm

RE: Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread Gorka
: LINUX EN Asunto: Re: Problem with chmod Go to the parent directory. Run sudo chmod -R 777 * On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Gorka wrote: Hi. I have got Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my pendrive. In /ME folder I have got some files.bin to upgrade the BIOS an so. The problem is that I can&#

Re: Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread Kousik Maiti
Go to the parent directory. Run sudo chmod -R 777 * On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Gorka wrote: > Hi. > > I have got Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my pendrive. In /ME folder I have got > some files.bin to upgrade the BIOS an so. > The problem is that I can't execute them. It says I have no > permi

Problem with chmod

2011-05-10 Thread Gorka
Hi. I have got Ubuntu 11.04 installed on my pendrive. In /ME folder I have got some files.bin to upgrade the BIOS an so. The problem is that I can't execute them. It says I have no permissions.These are 7001 (last number refers back to the sticky bit) I'm trying to set 'sudo chmod 777 *', but I ca

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-07 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Apr 03, 2009 at 12:22:49AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > bretnewworkstation:~# ls -l /data > total 780 > -rw-r--r-- 1 bret bret 382652 2009-04-03 00:03 *.* > -rw-r--r-- 1 bret bret 382652 2009-04-03 00:04 WonkyAcerWebPage_Iceape.jpg That looks a bit suspicious. -- Chris. == I contend th

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 09:42:38AM -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > Bret Busby wrote: [snip] > > ... but looking at the contents of the directory. To check the > permissions on /data itself, try > > ls -l -d /data how easy it is to miss the simple things ... > [snip] -- You can't che

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In , Bret Busby wrote: >had set the permissions on the . file of his account, to 000, and, as >such, had made the . file on his account, completely inaccessible to >everyone, including the superuser, and, as the . file is the root of the >account, he had effectively made his account, totally inacc

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Christofer C. Bell wrote: On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Bret Busby wrote: I know that is how the syntax used to be, because I remember a person (on a UNIX system) losing his account, when he accidentally entered chmod . , which changed his . file permissions to zero, a

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: If I use the format above, no error is returned; it just doesn't do anything. " chmod 777 /data You're changing the permissions of the directory... bretnewworkstation:~# ls -l /data total 16 drwx-- 2 root root 16384 2009-04-02 17:34 lost+

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Bret Busby
On Thu, 2 Apr 2009, Alex Samad wrote: On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 07:55:59PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: I have created a new data partition for a Ubuntu/Debian dual boot system, using gparted from the Debian 4 installation. [snip] " chmod 777 /data I think when you use octects you have to pr

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Christofer C. Bell
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM, Bret Busby wrote: > > I know that is how the syntax used to be, because I remember a person (on a > UNIX system) losing his account, when he accidentally entered > chmod . > , which changed his . file permissions to zero, and not even the sysadmin > could save his

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Eduardo M KALINOWSKI
Bret Busby wrote: > I have created a new data partition for a Ubuntu/Debian dual boot > system, using gparted from the Debian 4 installation. > > Now I have to figure out how to make the new data partition accessible. > > chmod (from the Debian system) seems to be designed to frustrate. > > it use

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Alex
Bret Busby wrote: > > I have created a new data partition for a Ubuntu/Debian dual boot > system, using gparted from the Debian 4 installation. > > Now I have to figure out how to make the new data partition accessible. > > chmod (from the Debian system) seems to be designed to frustrate. > > it us

Re: problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Apr 02, 2009 at 07:55:59PM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > I have created a new data partition for a Ubuntu/Debian dual boot > system, using gparted from the Debian 4 installation. > [snip] > " > chmod 777 /data I think when you use octects you have to prefix with 0 so try chmod 0777 /dat

problem with chmod

2009-04-02 Thread Bret Busby
I have created a new data partition for a Ubuntu/Debian dual boot system, using gparted from the Debian 4 installation. Now I have to figure out how to make the new data partition accessible. chmod (from the Debian system) seems to be designed to frustrate. it used to be that using a syntax