Topic: chmod permissions on 6.0

[Kris]

Hey all,

i have a 2nd Hard drive, have already mounted.
i type "chmod -v 777 /mnt/network"
and theoretically this should set it full permissions.  it says it does but when i type "ls -la /mnt" it only has DRWXR-XR-X.

and on a workstation, i try to modify a file it wont let me. anyone get any ideas.

Thanks.

[gbl]

Try CHMOD before CHOWN
eg. chmod root /mnt/network (if network is a file) than chmod 777 /mnt/network


sincerly
Guenter

[Kris]

it said invalid mode string 'root'         something of that wrong?
and network is a folder.
What exactly does chown mean anyway??

[Kris]

anyone else got any ideas, kinda urgent.
Thanks guys

[Boris]

"chown" is "change owner" command.
> chmod root /mnt/network should be
chown user:group /folder

[Kris]

yeah cool.
tried so many different ways now to try get it working.
tried changing chown, advanced chown,
chmod with all different attributes.
no matter what i try i will say it has changed it, but when i check it with ls -la, it always goes back to limited permissions.
i changed hdd's now, see if that makes a difference.
but im gonna put it down to bug in 6.0 or something else needs a change somewhere.
i have re-installed 3 times all up aswell.
i feel like im going crazy, i need a fix.
thanks ppl's

[Ron]

Kris wrote:

> but im gonna put it down to bug in 6.0
If it is a bug please report your findings to the Bugreporting Forum

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