Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, virtual private message to John Conover: I answered to your private mail of 1 Jun 2021 12:51:26 -0700. But my mail provider's server reports that your mail provider's server refuses to take it: From: GMX Mailer Daemon ... cono...@rahul.net: SMTP error from remote server for TEXT com

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, John Conover wrote: > Odd, root can not access the /run/user/601/ directory, but the user > can This is said to be a fuse filesystem feature. See e.g. https://superuser.com/questions/169977/mount-point-permission-denied > dr-x-- 2 theuser users 0 Dec 31 1969 doc/ > Odd tim

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread John Conover
John Conover writes: > Thomas Schmitt writes: > > > > > > Are you already the user with id 601 ? > > > > If not: Does it work better if you become that user ? > > On Debian 10 Buster, both fvwm and xfce. Odd, root can not access the /run/user/601/ directory, but the user can: ls -al /run/use

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread John Conover
Thomas Schmitt writes: > Hi, > > i wrote: > > > Are you already the user with id 601 ? > > > If not: Does it work better if you become that user ? > > John Conover wrote: > > As the user, or as root. > > Then it could be owned by another user id. > (Hard to guess while stat(2) fails even for the

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > > Are you already the user with id 601 ? > > If not: Does it work better if you become that user ? John Conover wrote: > As the user, or as root. Then it could be owned by another user id. (Hard to guess while stat(2) fails even for the boss.) But you could at least verify that y

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread John Conover
Thomas Schmitt writes: > Hi, > > John Conover wrote: > > Peculiar ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc: > >d? ? ?? ?? doc/ > > Are you already the user with id 601 ? > If not: Does it work better if you become that use

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread John Conover
=?UTF-8?Q?Markus_Sch=c3=b6nhaber?= writes: > 01.06.21, 17:28 +0200, John Conover: > > > Peculiar ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc: > > > > d? ? ?? ?? doc/ > > > > and it can not be changed as root. >

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, John Conover wrote: > Peculiar ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc: >d? ? ?? ?? doc/ Are you already the user with id 601 ? If not: Does it work better if you become that user ? The web knows about problems of program df with /run/user

Re: Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread Markus Schönhaber
01.06.21, 17:28 +0200, John Conover: > Peculiar ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc: > > d? ? ?? ?? doc/ > > and it can not be changed as root. > > Logging out, then in, same thing. > > Any help on fixing it would be gr

Ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc ???

2021-06-01 Thread John Conover
Peculiar ownership and permissions on /run/user/601/doc: d? ? ?? ?? doc/ and it can not be changed as root. Logging out, then in, same thing. Any help on fixing it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, John -- John Conover, cono...@rahul.net

Web hosting, file ownership and permissions

2019-12-20 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I'm trying to work out the optimal ownership and permissions for web hosting, where the site owner (or their developers etc) need access to install code, themes etc, and read logs. I also generally prefer sites not to be able to write their own code - I know the likes of WordPress

/media and /mnt ownership and permissions

2008-03-09 Thread Haines Brown
By default on my system, the /media and /mnt directories are owned by root:root, and since that got in my way when I was in a hurry, I simply changed their ownership to owner:owner. I know this isn't proper, but my setting up sidux on a X61s Thinkpad offers an opportunity for me to start out the ri

Re: /media and /mnt ownership and permissions

2008-03-08 Thread Andrew Reid
On Saturday 08 March 2008 21:35, Haines Brown wrote: > Be default on my system, both are owned by root/root, and since that got > in my way when I was in a hurry, I simply changed their ownership to > owner/owner. I know this isn't proper. My setting up a sidux on X61s > Thinkpad is an opportunity

/media and /mnt ownership and permissions

2008-03-08 Thread Haines Brown
Be default on my system, both are owned by root/root, and since that got in my way when I was in a hurry, I simply changed their ownership to owner/owner. I know this isn't proper. My setting up a sidux on X61s Thinkpad is an opportunity for me to start out the right way. My inclination would ge

Re: Unable to delete files with strange ownership and permissions.

1998-03-16 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
Hi folks. A search of the archives suggests to me that the following message was never posted: On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > Hello All. > > I'm running hamm (unstable) on a PC at home, and I somehow ended up with > some apparently corrupted files. I am unable to figure out how

linux behaving badly (was Re: ownership and permissions)

1997-11-24 Thread David Stern
> On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Frank Barknecht wrote: > > > David Stern hat gesagt: // David Stern wrote: > > > > > Speaking of su, I have a root window (rxvt -e su --) in a user X-window > > > session, and I seem to not be able to run X apps from the root window > > > due to the DISPLAY env variable,

Re: ownership and permissions

1997-11-23 Thread Daniel Martin
On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Frank Barknecht wrote: > David Stern hat gesagt: // David Stern wrote: > > > Speaking of su, I have a root window (rxvt -e su --) in a user X-window > > session, and I seem to not be able to run X apps from the root window > > due to the DISPLAY env variable, but it is iden

Re: ownership and permissions

1997-11-23 Thread Frank Barknecht
David Stern hat gesagt: // David Stern wrote: > Hi, > > If root initiates pon (pppd is owned by root, group dip), how can I > setup /etc/ppp/ip-up so that it runs /home/user/.checkformail as user > (not root)? > I know several ways root can get the job without being user, `here' > `there' in f

ownership and permissions

1997-11-22 Thread David Stern
Hi, If root initiates pon (pppd is owned by root, group dip), how can I setup /etc/ppp/ip-up so that it runs /home/user/.checkformail as user (not root)? I know several ways root can get the job without being user, `here' `there' in fetchmailrc is one, and I know I can change permissions on pp