Unfortunately the permissions reset themselves after a reboot, so I had to
add myself to the ctools group.  Now it works all the time.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Michels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Compiling Permission?


> Awesome!  I changed the permissions yesterday, but on the wrong file.  I
had
> to follow the links from gcc to /etc/alternatives and then back to
gcc-2.96
> to figure out which one to change.  Had to do the same thing with c++  >
> /etc/alternatives  >  g++-2.96.
>
> Thanks
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "K Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Compiling Permission?
>
>
> > If your question is as it sounds, your user account obviously needs to
> > have executable access.  Typing ls -l `which gcc` should show you the
> > existing permissions on the file.  You can either make gcc executable by
> > other (chmod o+x `which gcc`) so that all users can run it, or you can
> > make it group executable (chmod g+x) and make sure your user is in the
> > group that has access.
> >
> > The first solution is probably better for you, provided you have no
> > security concerns.
> >
> > - Kathy
> >
> > On Thu, 2002-05-30 at 22:27, Barry Michels wrote:
> > > I've just embarked on my first Linux application and can't even
compile.
> > > When I try to start a new project, I get 'Permission Denied'.  I can
run
> gcc
> > > as root, but what permission do I need to give my user account so I
can
> > > compile when logged in normally?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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