Topic: chown questions?

[Andy]

I am trying to install a spider and the instructions say:

>3.) If you are using Linux, set file permission as 755, and also make sure you
>have write permission on the destination directory.
>
>chmod 755 setup.pl
>You would have to change the owner and groups to make sure your setup.pl has
>the right permission at Linux system.
>
>chown yourusername.yourgroup setup.pl
>
>This is step is not require for Window user.
>
>4.) Run the script at command line with the following command.
>
>perl setup.pl
>You can also run the installation script from web browser.

When I run setup.pl I get errors indicating that the script created directories and copied files correctly, but cannot set permissions on the files it copied...

I assume that the problem lies in 'chown yourusername.yourgroup setup.pl'
What is my group when I am logged in as root?
Do I use '.' or ':' between user and group?

Andy

[jeroen]

Root is not a good user to run apps.

[Andy]

>Root is not a good user to run apps.

Well I am very new to linux, so any help is good. If I want a visitor to my website to use the search engine that I am trying to install, what should I do?

Andy