Re: Ownership

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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/
> 


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