Re: Permissions Question
On Mon, 2 Apr 2007 11:34:03 -0400
Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 02, 2007 at 09:49:41AM -0400, Thomas H. George wrote:
> > After netinst of etch attempts to start iceape and openoffice as a
> > regular user fail. I was able to alter permissions to allow a regular
> > user to open a console window. If, in the console window I become root,
> > then as root I can successfully start and user both iceape and
> > openoffice. I need to alter the permissions so a regular use can use
> > these programs and root is not allowed to access the internet from
> > iceape but I haven't found the proper way to do this.
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> > Tom George
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> Check permissions on your /usr/bin folder, and make sure that the
> executables didn't end up in /usr/sbin
Even if they ended up in sbin, he'd be able to run them; they just
wouldn't be in his default path, which doesn't seem to be his problem.
Celejar
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