Re: chmod failing on user's permissions

2016-11-30 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Nov 30 09:23, Ben Altman wrote: > On 11/28/2016 7:00 PM, L. A. Walsh wrote: > > Ben Altman wrote: When I get a directory listing, it shows for each > > > file "Unknown+User Unknown+Group" while on the desktop the same files > > > show my user name that I logged in with and "Domain Users" as the

Re: chmod failing on user's permissions

2016-11-30 Thread Ben Altman
On 11/28/2016 7:00 PM, L. A. Walsh wrote: Ben Altman wrote: When I get a directory listing, it shows for each file "Unknown+User Unknown+Group" while on the desktop the same files show my user name that I logged in with and "Domain Users" as the group. --- Is your laptop a member of the dom

Re: chmod failing on user's permissions

2016-11-28 Thread L. A. Walsh
Ben Altman wrote: When I log in to my account at work I get access to a network location accessed as a drive dedicated to me. I log in from 2 locations - my laptop and desktop. --- Were both setup by your company's IT department, or if not, who? Are they both running the same version of

chmod failing on user's permissions

2016-11-28 Thread Ben Altman
When I log in to my account at work I get access to a network location accessed as a drive dedicated to me. I log in from 2 locations - my laptop and desktop. Directory listings and chmod work as expected on the desktop but when I try to do a chmod on the laptop, it fails for the user's permissions