Subj : linux permissions issue
To   : Exodus
From : Accession
Date : Sun Aug 24 2025 12:55 pm

Hey Exodus!

On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:19:52 , you wrote:

 > hahah ... I find all the use of "permissions" in a home operation 
 > system retarded.  I understand in a network or work environment, but 
 > to have to jump thru hoops to get to a SD card, flash drive, or even 
 > a directory is just plain nuts.

 > This isn't only Linux, this is Windows as well.

I can agree with that. However, on any of my "home operation systems" there is and really needs to be only one user. So unless you compile/install something as root or administrator, in any part of the directory stucture that would normally give you access problems, you probably shouldn't have much issue there.

If the OP installed Linux *just* to setup a BBS, then there only needs to be one user. So my guess is he probably unzipped/compiled/installed as root and is now trying to do things as a regular user, or installed to "/sbbs" and didn't give his user permissions to write to a directory directly off the root drive.

Installing to "/home/<user>/sbbs" (or even "c:\users\<user>" on Windows), most of those issues wouldn't happen unless he changed/edited some files as root/administrator.

I'm not saying you /can't/ install to "/sbbs" or "c:\sbbs", because you definitely can.. but then you would most likely have to manually allow your user to be able to write to it. 

I'm sure there's a Synchronet wiki page describing all of this, too. But if the OP was too lazy to read it while trying to install to a foreign territory, then I'm too lazy to point them there. ;)

Regards,
Nick

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