Re: [Cooker] [2009.1] What is errcode: 13 when trying to allocate files as root

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Steve Morris<samorris@...> wrote:
> If that is the case I am now confused about the inconsistencies is 2009.1.
> An out of the box install of 2009.1 installs /home not user writeable, but
> normal users have no issue writing to /home/&uid when /home is left with the
> default allocations, so what's the difference and why this inconsistency.

To read or write to a file, you need the rights to read or right it,
and you need the right to execute it's parents to be able to "walk
through them"

I suggest that you read a Unix/Linux tutorial about rights management