--- Sam Varshavchik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Liu writes: > > > > > Re-tried; > > > > as normal user; > > > > /usr/local/src$ tar jxf courier-imap-4.4.1.20080920.tar.bz2 > > ...... > > ...... > > tar: courier-imap-4.4.1.20080920/rootcerts: Cannot mkdir: No such > file > > or directory > > When you run this as a non-root user, you, of course, must have write > > permissions on the current directory. > > If you extracted the tarball while root, root owns all the files and > subdirectories. So, as a non-root user, you cannot do anything in > there. > > Use chown -R to change the ownership of the entire directory tree.
Whether you meant running; # chown -R user1:user1 /usr/local/src then the owner and group of /usr will change from root:root to user1:user1 user1 is already in /etc/group OR just run; # chown -R user1:root /usr/local/src TIA B.R. Stephen L Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Courier-imap mailing list Courier-imap@lists.sourceforge.net Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-imap
