RE: [ilugd]: Handling of error 'permission denied'

2003-02-25 Thread Raj Shekhar
--- D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the prompt, give the command : su - root The system will prompt for a password (the root password) If the password is correct, you are then logged in as superuser. So, you can do everything here without jeopardising the whole

RE: [ilugd]: Handling of error 'permission denied'

2003-02-25 Thread D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida
Hi, Thanks for reply. As I am the only user of linux on my PC so giving permisions for read/write/execute upto my home directory won't create any problem for me from security point of view. I guess that the above command is only for read permission or 0777 is also

[ilugd]: Handling of error 'permission denied'

2003-02-24 Thread gurdeep
Hi Folks, After installation of linux on our system, many of us may have encountered the problem of permission denied error eg. When someone logs in he may come across of such kind of error of permission denial (Shell-Init). Now, In my case if I am trying to run the cat command to check

RE: [ilugd]: Handling of error 'permission denied'

2003-02-24 Thread D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida
of Subject: [ilugd]: Handling of error 'permission denied' Hi Folks, After installation of linux on our system, many of us may have encountered the problem of permission denied error eg. When someone logs in he may come across of such kind of error of permission denial (Shell-Init). Now, In my

Re: [ilugd]: Handling of error 'permission denied'

2003-02-24 Thread gurdeep
If you still want to do this, then 1) Login as root. 2) On the prompt, type the commands: cd / chmod -R 0777 * Dear Venky, Thanks for reply. As I am the only user of linux on my PC so giving permisions for read/write/execute upto my home directory won't create any problem for me from