Re: Permission Denied Error

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2001

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texte = Samuel, thanks again! I just had to chown those files to 555 and I couldchmod them again. Also, John thanks for the tip on security.Jeff----- Original Message -----From: Samuel Renkert To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:35 AMSubject: Re: Permission Denied Error> >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 to200.> >Also, what does that 550/200 mean? Thanks again for your time and help.>> Crash course in Un*x file permissions>> 550> OGW>> O=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 thesecommands.> >> -Sam> >>> >>> >>> >> >How would I go about doing that? I tried using all differentcombinations> >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 thedocuments> >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, ordelete 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 userwww> >> >(the> >> >> > same as WebCatalog)> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > What does this mean and how do I check/fix that? Any otherideas> >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 .> 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Permission Denied Error (Clint Davis 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (John Peacock 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Samuel Renkert 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Le Pham 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Samuel Renkert 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Alain Russell 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2001)
Re: Permission Denied Error (Kalin Mintchev 2001)
Permission Denied Error (Jeff Cooper 2001)

Samuel, thanks again! I just had to chown those files to 555 and I couldchmod them again. Also, John thanks for the tip on security.Jeff----- Original Message -----From: Samuel Renkert To: WebCatalog Talk Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:35 AMSubject: Re: Permission Denied Error> >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 to200.> >Also, what does that 550/200 mean? Thanks again for your time and help.>> Crash course in Un*x file permissions>> 550> OGW>> O=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 thesecommands.> >> -Sam> >>> >>> >>> >> >How would I go about doing that? I tried using all differentcombinations> >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 thedocuments> >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, ordelete 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 userwww> >> >(the> >> >> > same as WebCatalog)> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > What does this mean and how do I check/fix that? Any otherideas> >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 .> 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/ Jeff Cooper

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