permissions

[Doug Pollard]

Charlie Kravetz wrote:
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> On Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:58:06 -0400
> Doug Pollard <dougpol1 at verizon.net> wrote:
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>> Gettig this error message on after log in
>> Users home $
>> user$home / dmrc file is being ignored. This prevents the default 
>> session and language from being saved. File should be owned by user and 
>> have 644 permissions.Users$Home directory must be owned by user writeble 
>> by other users.
>>
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>> I have moved files from and external usb drive they are files saved by 
>> windows  I want to store them in my user home  drive.  I then want to 
>> reformat and partition  the usb drive and move clips back into it again 
>> so that I can work and use video clips in it to be used in Cinelerra.
>>     What I really need is the comands to change the permissions in user 
>> home.  If this doesn't make sense I will try to rewrite for more clarity.
>>                         
>> This below I think is what I need to change ??
>>
>> lrwxrwxrwx  1 foo foo    1 2008-09-05 12:04 ubuntu -> .
>>                 Thanks Doug
>>
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>>     
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> Try this:
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> sudo chown /home/USER/file_to_change_permissions_of USER.USER
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> Replace USER with your user name. This will change the above foo foo to
> your user name
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> Charlie Kravetz 
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Should the first user after /home/  be my user name?  I tried ( usr) as 
well. is permissions to be changed to 677 ??  I'm missing something here 
!!  Below is bash response.
                                        Doug
                     

chown: invalid user: `/home/user/file_to-change_permissions_of'