Owner 89.

Erik Jakobsen eja at URBAKKEN.DK
Thu Dec 18 09:59:18 GMT 2003


Erik Jakobsen wrote:
> Julian Field wrote:
>
>> At 09:12 18/12/2003, you wrote:
>>
>>> Hi.
>>>
>>> On my server I have just installed MailScanner. The /var/spool/incoming
>>> directory was not set by the installed, and I just made it myself.
>>>
>>> But the MailScanner tells me, that its not owned by user 89.
>>>
>>> I did a chmod 89 /var/spool/incoming, but had no luck.
>>
>>
>>
>> To change owner, use "chown" and "chgrp". "chmod" is for changing access
>> permissions.
>
>
> Hi Julian.
>
> I have done the RTFM now, but who shall own the /incoming directory ?.
>
> In the examples in the FM there stands:
> chown bin.bin sampsoft
>
> This is as I understand it to use both chown and chgrp in one execution.
> As far as I understand it the above example gives the owner and group to
> bin.
>
> Tell me plase if I'm wrong, and if you would write me the syntax in my
> case ?.
>
> Sorry for writing trivial :-(
>
>
> --
> Med venlig hilsen - Best regards.
> Erik Jakobsen - eja at urbakken.dk.
> Licensed radioamateur with the callsign OZ4KK.
> SuSE Linux 8.2 Proff.
> Registered as user #319488 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.
>
>
I think it has been fixed using:

chown 89.89 incoming.


--
Med venlig hilsen - Best regards.
Erik Jakobsen - eja at urbakken.dk.
Licensed radioamateur with the callsign OZ4KK.
SuSE Linux 8.2 Proff.
Registered as user #319488 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org.



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