Re: [cobalt-users] Help Navigating Directories

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Werby wrote:

> > But while brandon0 may not be brandon0108, in this case it probably is;
> > the directory listing always truncates to eight characters.
> 
> I thought I pointed the following before, but perhaps I didn't.  The -n flag
> on ls returns uids and gids instead of user names and group names.  If
> unsure you can do something along the lines of "ls -nl", then check the uids
> in /etc/passwd and the gids in /etc/group.
> 
> > A good try to verify this would be to do a chown to brandon0108, and see
> > if the problem goes away.

Actually, I was only responding specifically to Dan; I thought I could
clarify how to tell if a username > 8 characters was causing a problem. 
Generically.

> Well, in Brandon's case it was a permissions issue so doing what you suggest
> wouldn't really tell you anything.

It would tell us that the username was NOT an issue, which was Dan's
point, or so I thought.

> <g>  Of course, this was all asked and
> answered on-list a day before you sent your post.  You might want to
> consider reading a few messages ahead in a thread before responding.

Several points here <smile>...

I was only responding to Dan's post concerning the username ambiguity.

I use Netscape which is pretty good at threading, I use the threaded
view, and I usually (except when I forget) read all the replies visible
in the Netscape list-view before I reply myself.

> I'm afraid this behavior is starting to become habit forming.
>  I know, I know...you're hundreds of emails behind, you don't
> read them all... ;P  Have a good weekend, Jeff!

Thanks <smile>.  As busy as I am, I have gone back to reading the list
several times a day.  I hope I can keep it up.

But in spite of that, I still don't always see the replies.  Another
issue is the list manager doesn't always get posts to us in the order in
which they were made <frown>.

Jeff
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