From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 20 1: 5:43 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2501237B401 for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:05:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com) Received: from rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com ([216.196.73.168]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:03:46 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1K95bv74623; Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:05:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:05:37 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: douglasv@gte.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD root user Message-ID: <20010220010536.W62368@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from douglasv@gte.net on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:30:20PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:30:20PM -0500, douglasv@gte.net wrote: > > FreeBSD 4.0-Release #0:Mon Mar 20 22:50:22GMT 2000 > root@monster.cdrom.com:/usr/scr/sys/compile/GENERIC i386 > > This is a new install. I am new to BSD or Unix > > Logged in as root. I am receiving :Permission denied for most request. > > For instance, /etc/group:Permission denied > > /cdrom/book/scripts/install-desktop:Permission denied > > /usr/share/doc:Permission denied > > I guess root is second fiddle on my machine (BSD is the only operating > system > on this computer.) Not sure what you are trying to do to those files, but you would not happen to be trying to write to a read-only filesystem? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message