Duncan Webb wrote: > Jonathan Isom wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 10:17 PM, Elizabeth Dodd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> new install, gentoo 2.6.28-r8, stable >>> freevo starts as root >>> but not as user >>> any ideas? >>> >> Looks like a permission problem. >> try changing the permissions of /var/cache/freevo/ >> chown -R YOURFREEVOUSER:users /var/cache/freevo/ >> should fix it or set >> FREEVO_CACHEDIR >> to a different directory >> > > I tend to do this a bit differently: > find /var/cache/freevo -type d -exec chmod g+srw {} \; > find /var/cache/freevo -type d -exec chgrp users {} \; > find /var/cache/freevo -type f -exec chmod g+rw {} \; > find /var/cache/freevo -type f -exec chgrp users {} \; > > or > > chmod -R g+rw /var/cache/freevo/ > chgrp -R users /var/cache/freevo/ > find /var/cache/freevo -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \; > > Then if different users create new files and directories they should be > accessible and writeable by all members of the group. > > etc... > > Duncan Is that little gem in the wiki ;)
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