Re: Ownership and Permissions...

E11 <edwinlee.11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Hi all,

: Got a question here...

: You see, i've got a folder whose owner is "root", with permission 755.
: As normal user, i need write access to the folder. (Of course, i do not
: want to log in as root just to write to the folder.)

: So, what options are open to me (apart from setting permission as 777,
: which i don't think is a good idea as well)?

Add yourself to the appropriate "group" and then use 775?

Use "sudo" for the write access?

Stan


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