which Linux?

[Bob Sneidar]

And can I say, after over 20 years of IT experience that the unix/linux file permissions are as inane a thing as I think I have ever seen? 

Really? They want end users to have to edit the permissions for all the files they create?? In a TERMINAL??? Really????? 

Bob


On Jul 3, 2012, at 1:42 PM, Warren Samples wrote:

> On 07/03/2012 03:30 PM, Colin Holgate wrote:
>> All the options in Permissions are grayed out. It says the owner is "root".
> 
> 
> Open a terminal and type:
> 
> sudo chown <your user> <path to file>
> 
> 
> Replace <your user> with your user's name. Type the root password at the prompt. Should do it.
> 
> Good luck,
> 
> Warren
> 
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