Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 01:05:37 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: douglasv@gte.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD root user Message-ID: <20010220010536.W62368@rfx-216-196-73-168.users.reflex> In-Reply-To: <KFEGKPMHGFNPAMIBAHMACEBHCAAA.douglasv@gte.net>; from douglasv@gte.net on Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 08:30:20PM -0500 References: <KFEGKPMHGFNPAMIBAHMACEBHCAAA.douglasv@gte.net>
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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
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