Thanks guys! I figured it was umask that was giving me the problems.
I'm taking a UNIX course (but it's being taught on a Linux system)
and the book discussed umask. I never knew what umask was so I
thought that it would make my system more secure. It did :)
Thanks for the more valuable tip about
Hi Ethan!
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Ethan Benson wrote:
> > chmod -R go+r SOffice
> > find SOffice -perm -100 -exec chmod go+x {} \;
>
> or you could use chmod -R go+rX SOffice and dispense with the annoying
> find command ;-)
And I was so proud of my find ;)
Tnx, I did not know this one.
Peter Pa
On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 01:20:32PM +0100, Peter Palfrader wrote:
>
> Perhaps you don't know about chmod. it allows you to change file
> permissions. have a look at the manpage and/or the info pages.
>
>
> You might want to try to fix the permissions of you SOffice install:
>
> in /usr/local as
On Sat, Feb 26, 2000 at 01:01:53AM -0800, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I changed my umask for root to 077. I'm not certain if that was
> wise. I'm also not certain if it's the cause of my headache with my
> attempt to install StarOffice.
I once changed root&#
Hi Mark!
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Mark Wagnon wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I changed my umask for root to 077. I'm not certain if that was
> wise.
I can have advantages. If you know what you're doing I see no problem.
> I'm also not certain if it's the cause of my he
umask on my systems for root is 022
nate
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Mark Wagnon wrote:
mwagno >Hi all,
mwagno >
mwagno >I changed my umask for root to 077. I'm not certain if that was
mwagno >wise. I'm also not certain if it's the cause of my headache with my
mwagno >
Hi all,
I changed my umask for root to 077. I'm not certain if that was
wise. I'm also not certain if it's the cause of my headache with my
attempt to install StarOffice.
I do a net installation and am able to install as root, but I can't
install as a normal user. I
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