Re: [cobalt-users] user priviledges

["Zeffie" <cobaltlist@xxxxxxxx>]

> On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Zeffie wrote:
>
> > > How can I allow non super user accounts to use the "write"
> > > command? The priviledges on the file are rwxr_xr_x... yet
> > > only the super user can use "write" to send messages, I
> > > always get this message:
> >
> > Just do a
> > chmod 777 filename
>
> It is usually a good rule of thumb to never chmod 777
> anything in /dev without knowing exactly what you
> are doing.  And for that case, it is usually a bad
> idea to 777 anything anytime.  Think about what is
> happening and who really needs access to it.
> Jeff Lovell

Thanks for pointing this out jeff.  I should of added something as I though
of it as I wrote it...

For more on file permissions visit....
http://www.gnu.org/manual/fileutils/html_chapter/fileutils_3.html

Zeffie