On Mon, Feb 24, 2003 at 03:03:02PM -0000, harris ur rahman wrote: > I have 2 users (usr1,usr2). If i change the owner of a file > -file1- in usr1, to usr2 ( i am root, using chown ), Can usr2 view > or open the file (file1 , which now has the owner as usr2) > directly by giving command > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/]$ vi /home/usr1/file1 > > I actually tried this but it gave me permission not granted. What > is the problem in accessing the file (file1) which apparently has > usr2 as its owner,but just that it is under usr1. If this is not > possible then what is the use of chown.
The directory /home/usr1 requires execute permissions for usr2. Binand -- Russian Roulette with Unix: while :; do kill $RANDOM &> /dev/null && break || sleep 1; done ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
