-=> Quoting James Bradley to Nancy Backus on 03-22-05  09:04 <=-

 JB>>> Where do I get me one of them *Wizards* you speck of Miss
Nancy? 
 NB>> I think you probably have to luck into them...?  
 JB>> Guess I'll keep looking...And looking, and looking. 

Ya just never know...  :)

 NB>> falling any more significantly behind, which is probably
 NB>> progress... 
 JB> If the "Two steps back" match the "Two steps
forward" we call that
 JB> "treading water" up here! 

That works... :)

 JB>>> Wiz? I'll be sure to feed an water him.
 NB>> Sorry, not available. :)  I need him for lots of other
 NB>> (unrelated) things, too...  
 JB> L... I wasn't planning to return him as damaged goods I'll have you
 JB> know! 

Oh, I trusted not...  but at the moment, he's having to do all the
running I can't* do, with my broken ankle... also the cooking, shopping,
laundry, etc...   :)

 NB>> Perhaps your problem has also
 NB>> already been worked out while I've been plodding along...??  :)
 JB> Ya, right! Linux downloads files as read only, precluding any writing
 JB> to that file. I likely have *just* enough knowledge to do something
 JB> about it, but... As
 JB> I'm rarely on the DOS box these days, I should probably stop whining
 JB> about it here, though. 

Still behind (only 10-11 days at the moment, so that IS progress), but,
in the meantime, I did ask the Wizard if he had any ideas, so, in case
it STILL isn't solved, here's what he said (transcribed from my jotted
notes when he was explaining things):
  .You could use "chmod +w " on existing files; this is
  .probably the safest to use.  "ls -l" should show 'who owns it', and
  .that should show that it is yours.  Are you the only user?  Another
  .command, which only affects files created after it is used, is
  ."umask"; without any numbers after it, it tells what it is set to
  .now; "umask 000" removes permissions (first 0 is usr, second is the
  .group, third is everyone), "umask 003" doesn't open it to just
  .everyone, if you aren't the only user; this command should be put in
  .your script file at the beginning, perhaps ".login" in your login
  .directory.  If you are looking up things in a Linux manual, the key
  .words are "file mode" and "permissions". 

Now, don't go thinking that I'm the Linux guru anymore than I'm the DOS
guru... I really am* only a sorcerer's apprentice, who can spout things
one has told me, use the few magic spells I've been taught (and use
often enough not to lose them), and have learned not to do anything I'm
not POSITIVE I know how to reverse (learned the multiplying brooms
lesson well )...  But I DO have a good wizard around that can do
lots...  :)

Hope this helps... :)

ttyl           neb

... It works! Now, if only I could remember what I did.

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