Thanks Lai - I will do that Regards Rick On Thu, 2004-12-23 at 08:29 +0800, Lai Zit Seng wrote: > On Thu, 23 Dec 2004, Rick Raetz wrote: > > > I have just installed Fedora 3 plus updates and as a first time user > > from Microsoft Windows, I have a little problem on installing by > > download from the Net. I follow instructions and then when I try to > > access a folder, I am unable to change permissions. I keep getting the > > message "you are not the owner and cannot change permissions" > > > > I suppose I need to understand commands more? > > To change permissions of a file/directory, you'll either have to be the > owner of that file/directory or be the superuser. That's basically what > the error message is trying to tell you. You can probably find some good > tutorial off the net by searching Google (e.g. search for 'file > permissions'). > > Regards, > > .lzs > -- > Lai Zit Seng > Email: lzs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web: http://thinkingfarm.com/ >