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's umask to 077 (or maybe it was 027
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 headache with my
> attempt to install Star
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 >attempt to install StarOffice.
mwa
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