asteinmetz;239515 Wrote: > ...along those lines I want to copy my Windows slimserver.prefs to my > new Ubuntu box but I can't because I don't own the file. I understand > chown but I don't want to own the file I just want permission to change > it. Can I do that without ownership somehow? Thanks.
1. You can make it world writable: chmod o+rw filename That's dangerous if anyone who can log in to the machine shouldn't have write privs on the file. 2. You can create a group that you are in (and slimserver or whoever else is in), chgrp it to that group, and chmod g+rw filename 3. More advanced stuff is possible with ACLs but gets tricky and non-portable even between filesystems. If it's on a Windows partition, the priv stuff may be different (and make sure that the partition is mounted without ro) -- SumnerH ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SumnerH's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39465 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/unix
