--- Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sunday 16 October 2005 06:56 am, Colin Sharpe
> wrote:
> > --- Dan Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > On Saturday 15 October 2005 12:17 pm, Colin
> Sharpe
> > >
> > > wrote:
> > > > I am using OpenOffice.org 1.1.4 on my Sun
> > > Ultrasparc 1 running Solaris 9 OS.
> > > > I installed the program in
> /opt/OpenOffice.org1.1.4 as
> > > > root. The program runs perfectly as root, and
> I am able
> > > to open existing .doc files,create new files,
> and save
> > > > > > them. I can also print out documents.
> > > > I then did workstation installs for myself and
> my
> > > > wife, logged in as myself and my wife
> > > respectively, in /export/home/colin and
> /export/home/kim. After
> > > logging out and in again, Office appeared under
> > > applications on the Gnome desktops of each user.
> I can start
> > > > OpenOffice writer by clicking on the item from
> > > both user desktops.
> > > > When I tried to open an existing document, I
> > > received an error message:
> > > > "Error loading document
> file:///export/home/colin/sharperes.doc.
> > > > Error creating object. The file could not be
> created."
> > > > I am the owner of the document, and
> permissions
> > > are -rwxr-xr-x.
> > > > I then tried to write a new document, I tried
> to
> > > "Save as", entered a name for the file, and
> received an
> > > > error message: "Error saving the document
> Untitled1:
> > > > Write Error. The file could not be written"
> > > > The attempt was made to write the file to
> > > > /export/home/colin, which I own,.and has
> permissions
> > > > drwxr-xr-x.
> > > > What on earth is going wrong, or how have I
> messed
> > > up the installation?
> > > > I hope I have given enough information to help
> > > someone solve this for me.
> > > >
> > > > Colin Sharpe.
> > >
> > > Who is the owner of /export/home/colin/ ? If
> it
> > > is root as I suspect,
> > > then you, as a user, do not have writing
> privileges
> > > to this folder. It
> > > seem to be a matter of setting the proper
> > > permissions to this folder.
> > >
> > > Dan
> >
> > Thanks, Dan but...
> >
> > As I said in my post, I (colin) am the owner of
> > /export/home/colin. I really would have problems
> > doing anything on my computer if I couldn't write
> to
> > my home directory. I am not a user who does
> anything
> > as root unless it is absolutely necessary. I was
> > taught this when I first learned UNIX admin some
> 15
> > years ago..
> >
> > Here is what comes out when I do a directory
> listing:
> >
> > garcia% ls -l /export/home
> > total 24
> > drwxr-xr-x 50 colin other 3072 Oct 16
> 07:18
> > colin
> > drwxr-xr-x 18 kim other 1024 Oct 14
> 17:16
> > kim
> > drwx------ 7 root root 8192 Apr 26
> 20:01
> > lost+found
> > garcia%
> >
> > The machine name "garcia" is from my habit of
> naming
> > Sun machines after dead rock stars, my other home
> Sun
> > is "elvis". As you probably know, when I enter
> the
> > command "ping elvis", the system responds: "elvis
> is
> > alive". I think this is cute.
> >
> > I am still at a total loss as to what to look for
> > next.
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > Colin.
>
> Then is Solaris different from Linux in this
> regard? You list you home directories as being in
> /export/home/ while my home directories are in
> /home/.
You can put the home directories wherever it pleases
you. /home is a common place, /users is very common
on HPUX systems. I started using /export home way
back in SunOS 4.1.x days, when SunOS was very BSD
like. I always add new users via the command line -
old habits die hard...
> There two more thing that I wonder about. What
> are the permissions for the directory /export/ when
> you issue this command: ls -l / ?
drwxr-xr-x 3 root sys 512 Apr 26 20:02
export
Before you ask me:
garcia% ls -l /export
total 2
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 512 Aug 26 13:46
home
garcia%
I wouldn't allow users other than root to write to
/export or /export/home, sice only root is supposed to
create new user accounts.
> Secondly, what directories are the two
> OpenOffice.org1.1.4 workstation directories in?
/export/home/colin/OpenOffice.org1.1.4, owned by colin
and with permissions drwxr-xr-x, and
/export/home/kim/OpenOffice.org1.1.4, owned by kim and
with permissions drwxr-xr-x.
GID for both colin and kim is "staff".
The ownership, group and permissions were set up
automatically when installing as colin and kim
respectively.
Thanks again, eagerly awaiting the next suggestion.
Colin.
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