> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of joseph blase > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 5:33 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: [CentOS] Chmod Explaination > > Howdy list, > > I can't seem to find any doc's explaining what's really > going on behind this scenario: > > A user home directory had been reset to : > > d--- --- --- user group user_dir > > > As root i tried to : > > chmod -R 750 user_dir > > got permission denied, my friend tried with as user that owns > the directory to: > > chmod -R 750 user_dir and voila it works. > > My question is how come did it work, since the user_dir > doesn't have a owner permission attached and why user root > has been denied with changing the mode? Owners always have rights to change permission on a file/folder. As far as root not being able to, do you have selinux running? -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.