[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > I typed > chmod 777 .profile > at the prompt and I get > chmod: .profile: Operation not permitted > > (I can however change the rights for others files). > > Any suggestions as to why I can't change the reading/writing > privelges for .profile?
Normal users can only change privs for files that they own. So, assuming you're in your home directory, perhaps you created that file with 'sudo pico .profile' instead of just 'pico .profile' (or whatever text editor instead of pico)? You can 'sudo chown $USER .profile' to make that file owned by $USER instead of root. Then give chmod a try. dan -- Daniel Macks [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: SourceForge.net Broadband Sign-up now for SourceForge Broadband and get the fastest 6.0/768 connection for only $19.95/mo for the first 3 months! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=2562&alloc_id=6184&op=click _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
