Not sure about the whole groups deal, however for you to access a direct it must have "execute" permissions.
On Wed, 2003-06-18 at 01:33, Ben Anderson wrote: > I think this is a simple question. I've surfed the web quite a while and > can't find anything. I'm been using Linux and Gentoo for a while, but am > still relatively clueless at times. Can someone please explain some things > to me about the bash output below: > > --> whoami > andersonbd1 > --> groups > root bin daemon sys adm tty disk lp mem kmem wheel floppy mail news uucp man > cron console audio cdrom dialout ftp sshd tape video squid gdm xfs games > named mysql postgres > --> groups andersonbd1 > root bin daemon sys adm tty disk lp mem kmem wheel floppy mail news uucp man > cron console audio cdrom dialout ftp sshd tape video squid gdm xfs games > named mysql postgres cdrw apache nut usb vpopmail users nofiles qmail > postfix postdrop smmsp portage utmp nogroup nobody proftpd webmaster webdev > --> ls -ld htdocs > drw-rw-r-- 11 andersonbd1 webdev 4096 Jun 14 13:51 htdocs > --> cd htdocs > bash: cd: htdocs: Permission denied > > 1. why does it display all the groups in the second command, but not the > first? All I did to add myself to a group was edit the /etc/group file - is > this correct? > 2. why can't I access this directory even though I am the owner? > 3. why can't I access this directory even though I am in the group? > 4. Does anyone know of any good linux mailing group archives or forums, so I > don't have to ask what are probaly simple questions here? > > Thanks in advance, > Ben Anderson > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
