Quoting David J. Kanter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I've created/moved my /usr/src to its own partition. However, I've noticed a > difference in the permissions between the old /usr/src (/usr/oldsrc) and the > new one, /usr/src. > > drwxrwsr-x 4 root src 1024 Oct 16 00:18 oldsrc > drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 1024 Nov 14 12:33 src > > Could someone explain the difference? I tried setting chmod g=+r+w+s > /usr/src, but that apparently didn't work.
If you need to chown or chgrp, I would do that first. I'm not sure of the rules, but sometimes permissions can change when you change ownership. But you need "chmod g+rwxs src" to get the same as oldsrc. If you leave out the x, you'll get rwS which is setgid but not execute (even if it was already execute). I'm assuming that your listing was taken *before* you tried chmod. If that's not the case, I can't explain why src isn't group write after chmod g=+r+w+s /usr/src as there should be an error message if chmod fails. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
