Re: Permission Denied Error

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = >Thank you, Samuel! I guess it was that I just forgot to Flush. ;) I can >now append on all the databases but two. When trying to CHMOD them, I >received an error:Your Welcome. : )> >COMMAND:> SITE CHMOD 666 ohiostate.db >550 ohiostate.db: Operation not permitted > >I think this has to do with that 550 before ohiostate.db because the >CHMODs that worked looked like this: > >COMMAND:> SITE CHMOD 666 pennsylvaniastate.db >200 SITE CHMOD command successful. > >If it's that 550 that's causing the problem, how can I change that to 200. >Also, what does that 550/200 mean? Thanks again for your time and help.Crash course in Un*x file permissions550 OGWO=Owner G=Group (A collection of users) W=World (Everyone Else)5 = 101 in binary. (421)101 RWX (Read, Write, Execute)Read and Execute are allowed. (No write permissions.)So 550 = 101 101 000 O G W R-X R-X ---So, The owner of the file, and members of the files group can read the file, and execute the file (if it is text, it will most likely be executed as a shell script.) But can not write to the file. Every once else can't even read the file.200= 010 000 000 The owner can write to the file, but can not read or execute it.I would suggest finding some Un*x tutorials on the web if you have anymore OS questions, Un*x information can get complex fast. : ) I am unfamiliar with the site command, it may be throwing a monkey wrench into the works.It's been my experience that if you can't chmod a file, you need to be the owner of the file, or root. (root is the super user with total trust, the supreme administrator, if you will.) HTHs -Sam> > > >Jeff > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Samuel Renkert >To: WebCatalog Talk >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:20 PM >Subject: Re: Permission Denied Error > > >> I found you have to [flushdatabases] before and after the chmod. (I >> think you only need to do it once, but I don't know which.) ; ) >> >> and check out chown. >> (% man chown) >> >> For best results you may need to be root when you execute these commands. >> -Sam >> >> >> >> >How would I go about doing that? I tried using all different combinations >of >> >CHMODing the database; they all gave me the same error. Also, I am >running >> >Cobalt Linux Release 6.0. Thanks for your help! >> > >> >Jeff >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Kalin Mintchev >> >To: WebCatalog Talk >> >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:32 AM >> >Subject: Re: Permission Denied Error >> > >> > >> >> >> >> try changing all the permissions of the data bases and the documents >in >> >> the WebCatalog root folder so the owner is nobody... >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Jeff Cooper wrote: >> >> >> >> > Greetings, >> >> > I am getting this odd error when trying to append, add, or delete a >> >record >> >> > in my database. >> >> > >> >> > Error: Permision deny. Unable to append to 'db=arizonastate.db' >> >.Ignoring >> >> > [Append] context >> >> > >> >> > Of course it says it is ignoring whichever tag I'm using. Well I >search >> >the >> >> > archives and found someone else had the same problem. Someone >responded: >> >> > >> >> > Who owns the files on OSX - you need to check the owner is user www >> >(the >> >> > same as WebCatalog) >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > What does this mean and how do I check/fix that? Any other ideas >why >> >I'm >> >> > getting this error? >> >> > Thanks you your time. >> >> > >> >> > Jeff >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > >> > the mailing list . > > >> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >> >> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> >> the mailing list . >> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------- >> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> > the mailing list . >> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >> >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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  1. Re: Permission Denied Error (Clint Davis 2001)
  2. Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
  3. Re: Permission Denied Error (John Peacock 2001)
  4. Re: Permission Denied Error (Samuel Renkert 2001)
  5. Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
  6. Re: Permission Denied Error (Le Pham 2001)
  7. Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
  8. Re: Permission Denied Error (Samuel Renkert 2001)
  9. Re: Permission Denied Error (Alain Russell 2001)
  10. Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
  11. Re: Permission Denied Error (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2001)
  12. Re: Permission Denied Error (Kalin Mintchev 2001)
  13. Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
>Thank you, Samuel! I guess it was that I just forgot to Flush. ;) I can >now append on all the databases but two. When trying to CHMOD them, I >received an error:Your Welcome. : )> >COMMAND:> SITE CHMOD 666 ohiostate.db >550 ohiostate.db: Operation not permitted > >I think this has to do with that 550 before ohiostate.db because the >CHMODs that worked looked like this: > >COMMAND:> SITE CHMOD 666 pennsylvaniastate.db >200 SITE CHMOD command successful. > >If it's that 550 that's causing the problem, how can I change that to 200. >Also, what does that 550/200 mean? Thanks again for your time and help.Crash course in Un*x file permissions550 OGWO=Owner G=Group (A collection of users) W=World (Everyone Else)5 = 101 in binary. (421)101 RWX (Read, Write, Execute)Read and Execute are allowed. (No write permissions.)So 550 = 101 101 000 O G W R-X R-X ---So, The owner of the file, and members of the files group can read the file, and execute the file (if it is text, it will most likely be executed as a shell script.) But can not write to the file. Every once else can't even read the file.200= 010 000 000 The owner can write to the file, but can not read or execute it.I would suggest finding some Un*x tutorials on the web if you have anymore OS questions, Un*x information can get complex fast. : ) I am unfamiliar with the site command, it may be throwing a monkey wrench into the works.It's been my experience that if you can't chmod a file, you need to be the owner of the file, or root. (root is the super user with total trust, the supreme administrator, if you will.) HTHs -Sam> > > >Jeff > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Samuel Renkert >To: WebCatalog Talk >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 4:20 PM >Subject: Re: Permission Denied Error > > >> I found you have to [flushdatabases] before and after the chmod. (I >> think you only need to do it once, but I don't know which.) ; ) >> >> and check out chown. >> (% man chown) >> >> For best results you may need to be root when you execute these commands. >> -Sam >> >> >> >> >How would I go about doing that? I tried using all different combinations >of >> >CHMODing the database; they all gave me the same error. Also, I am >running >> >Cobalt Linux Release 6.0. Thanks for your help! >> > >> >Jeff >> > >> >----- Original Message ----- >> >From: Kalin Mintchev >> >To: WebCatalog Talk >> >Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:32 AM >> >Subject: Re: Permission Denied Error >> > >> > >> >> >> >> try changing all the permissions of the data bases and the documents >in >> >> the WebCatalog root folder so the owner is nobody... >> >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Jeff Cooper wrote: >> >> >> >> > Greetings, >> >> > I am getting this odd error when trying to append, add, or delete a >> >record >> >> > in my database. >> >> > >> >> > Error: Permision deny. Unable to append to 'db=arizonastate.db' >> >.Ignoring >> >> > [append] context >> >> > >> >> > Of course it says it is ignoring whichever tag I'm using. Well I >search >> >the >> >> > archives and found someone else had the same problem. Someone >responded: >> >> > >> >> > Who owns the files on OSX - you need to check the owner is user www >> >(the >> >> > same as WebCatalog) >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > What does this mean and how do I check/fix that? Any other ideas >why >> >I'm >> >> > getting this error? >> >> > Thanks you your time. >> >> > >> >> > Jeff >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > > >> > the mailing list . > > >> > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >> >> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ > > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> >> the mailing list . >> >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> > >> > >> >------------------------------------------------------------- >> >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> > the mailing list . >> >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> > >> >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ >> > > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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