Hi Stephen,
give the world read and execute permissions. Do chmod 755 msdos.
ls -la will look like this drwxr-xr-x root root msdos.
>From: "Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: [expert] Permissions remain a mystery
>Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 18:53:45 -0500
>
>After using Linux for about five years now I finally have to throw myself
>on the mercy of the group. I am at a complete loss as how to use
>permissions. I am currently running Mandrake/Venus.
>
>As root I have added a new user, smolnar, and made him a member of the
>group users in /etc/group:
>
> users::100:smolnar
>
>When I do a listing of / I find that most of the subdirectories are
>accessable, however some are not. For example I have an entry:
>
> msdos drwx------ root root 1024 19:43 09.12.1999
>
>If I understand 'Linux: Getting Started' correctly, the directory msdos
>belongs to root and may be accessed by root and no one else.
>
>I want to give access to msdos to the new user, smolnar.. What command(s)
>do I issue, and what is the syntax, while logged in as su?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
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