Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 10:39:24 -0400 (EDT) From: Russell Francis <frussell@p1.cs.ohiou.edu> To: "G. Jason Middleton" <gmiddl1@gl.umbc.edu> Cc: Questions list <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: saving files with netscape (permission denied) Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.1010812103110.6565A-100000@p1> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.4.31L.02.0108121015550.275571-100000@irix1.gl.umbc.edu>
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> I went to download a file using netscape and it says permission denied. > Obviosly this has to do with permissions. Sure does! > I executed X (startx) as > "/usr/home/username/startx" and of course i am "logged in as > "username" Are you sure about this? On my system startx is /usr/X11R6/bin/startx another popular startup script is /usr/X11R6/bin/xinit > when i go to save a file to /usr/home/username/ i get the permission > denied error while trying to save the file. Are you sure about this? My home directory is /home/username /usr/* is for system files and I don't think it is writable except /usr/tmp by anyone but <root>. try #ls -lsa /usr > What do i need to do to allow netscape to save files to my home directory? Try saving them to /home/username or use the `~' character as it defaults to your home directory whatever it may be! i.e. ~/downloads/somefile.tar.gz is the same as /home/<username>/downloads/somefile.tar.gz Good Luck, Russell Francis To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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