Cool, I changed the permissions to the directory chmod 0750 gdm I might test it later (put the graphical login back in place) but I doubt it will be a priority. Michael Vieths wrote: > Sam MacDonald wrote: > >> For the life of me I can't remember what the "human" values of 0750 >> are. And I can't remember the command to set permissions. The >> permissions should be corrected just in case I want to torcher myself >> with a graphical login in some far off time. >> >> Sam. > > > That'd be 0 (sticky bit, you can pretty much ignore this one), 7 > (read/write/execute for user), 5 (read and execute for group), and 0 > (allow nothing for other users who aren't in your group). > > Use chmod to change them. It works out to: > > 4 Read > 2 Write > 1 Execute > > So, 4+2+1=7, for 'read/write/execute', or '4+1=5' for 'read/execute'. > > To change a file to 0750, you'd do 'chmod 0750 filename'. You can > also do more readable versions: > > chmod u+r filename > will add read permissions for users to filename. Also works with -r > (remove read), or +w/-w to add or remove write, and +x/-x to add or > remove execute. Use u for user, g for group, o for everyone else, and > a for all three. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Michael Vieths > Foeclan at Visi.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list