On 8/3/07, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joseph blase > > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:33 PM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: [CentOS] Chmod Explaination > > > > Howdy list, > > > > I can't seem to find any doc's explaining what's really > > going on behind this scenario: > > > > A user home directory had been reset to : > > > > d--- --- --- user group user_dir > > > > > > As root i tried to : > > > > chmod -R 750 user_dir > > > > got permission denied, my friend tried with as user that owns > > the directory to: > > > > chmod -R 750 user_dir and voila it works. > > > > My question is how come did it work, since the user_dir > > doesn't have a owner permission attached and why user root > > has been denied with changing the mode? > > Owners always have rights to change permission on a file/folder.
Even those that were reset? I thinking that it's good as no permission cause it has only d--- --- --- user_dir. As far as root not being able to, do you have selinux running? No, I don't have. -Ross -Joseph ______________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by > the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged > and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient > of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, > is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, > please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the > original and any copy or printout thereof. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >
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