Thanks all. I'm finding out the hard way I'm to dependent on apt-get. Chris
----- Original Message ---- From: Hassan Schroeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Tomcat Users List <users@tomcat.apache.org> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 11:26:15 AM Subject: Re: Basic Toimcat5.5 admin question On 9/21/07, Chris Baty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The book says to create a new directory under ROOT but I > don't have permission in my default account. The last install > I did a chgrp /user/share/tomcat5.5-webapps/ROOT www-data > ... but I screwed the package up so bad that I re-installed the > system. The mind reels -- how could using `chgrp` "screw up the package"?? It's a basic sysadmin command... > Could anyone tell me how the is typically done? Dunno about "typically" but I `chown` all my webapps folders to my own userid; `chgrp` should work, if you prefer that. Or `su` to the id of the folder owner. FWIW, -- Hassan Schroeder ------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't let your dream ride pass you by. Make it a reality with Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/index.html