Re: [techtalk] Bunch of odd messages

[Kelly Lynn Martin]

On Sat, 25 Mar 2000 13:09:43 -0600 (CST), Eric Baudais 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

>Thirdly do $ls -al and see if the permissions are correct for "." and
>".."  Also make sure the directory is owned by darren and it has the
>correct group.

BTW, the "-d" option to ls is useful when checking permissions on a
directory.  "-d" means "list directory as a file", so "ls -ld ." gives 
the directory listing for ".", allowing you to check its ownership and 
modes.

Kelly


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