>I have the following Problem:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mkdir /sda1 >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo chown swe /sda1 >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -la /sda1 >total 8 >drwxr-xr-x 2 swe root 4096 Jan 11 16:19 . >drwxr-xr-x 37 root root 4096 Jan 11 16:19 .. As shown, /sda1 only has write permission for the owner of the file(directory in this case). >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount /dev/sda1 /sda1 >mount: only root can do that >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /sda1 >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ls -la /sda1 >total 4908 >drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 16384 Jan 1 1970 . >drwxr-xr-x 37 root root 4096 Jan 11 16:19 .. >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6148 Jan 10 13:56 .DS_Store >drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Nov 23 12:27 .Trash-swe >. >. >. >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 180 Jan 11 15:59 hints >. >. >. >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo mount /dev/sda1 /sda1 >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo chown -R swe /sda1 >chown: changing ownership of `/sda1': Operation not permitted >chown: changing ownership of `/sda1/.Trashes': Operation not permitted >chown: changing ownership of `/sda1/macintosh.pdf': Operation not permitted >. >. >. >chown: changing ownership of `/sda1/hints': Operation not permitted >. >. >. >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat >>/sda1/hints >bash: /sda1/hints: Permission denied >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo cat >>/sda1/hints >bash: /sda1/hints: Permission denied >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ su - >Password: >LinuxPPC:~# cat >>/sda1/hints >The user swe has the same group as root (0). >What's going on here? >Fritz I suspect `touch hello in /sda1 will also FAIL. What I can suggest is: $ chmod g+swx /sda1 then, as swe user, $ touch /sda1/hello should succeed...? Regards, TEH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]