I just installed a new version of wine and wine stopped working. It starts and I am getting a message that I have no permition to write on my Win c:\ disk. I checked that root is owner of c:\ directories, so I switched to root user (even my userid is defined in the same group as root) and I am gettin a message that root cannot run wine. So I tried to "chmod 774 Agent" (Agent is directory of Agent program I tried to run), but "ls -al" showed that c:\Agent directory permitions were not changed (stayed rwxr-xr-x). Any idea how to solve this problem? Thanks, Zalek
"ZalekBloom@hotmail.com" wrote:> > I just installed a new version of wine and wine stopped working. > It starts and I am getting a message that I have no permition to write on > my Win c:\ disk. > I checked that root is owner of c:\ directories, so I switched to root > user (even my userid is defined in the same group as root) and I am > gettin a message that root cannot run wine. > So I tried to "chmod 774 Agent" (Agent is directory of Agent program I > tried to run), but "ls -al" showed that c:\Agent directory permitions > were not changed (stayed rwxr-xr-x). > Any idea how to solve this problem?Start with the basics. As root set the directory to: root:root:777, and see if it works. JRT
This is a line in my /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 /mnt/c: vfat uid=500,gid=100,user,mode=775,rw,auto 0 0 I would recc. to use c as mountpoint label instead of c: In article <I4G87.184679$pH2.2270030@typhoon1.gnilink.net>, "ZalekBloom@hotmail.com" <ZalekBloom@hotmail.com> wrote:> I just installed a new version of wine and wine stopped working. It > starts and I am getting a message that I have no permition to write on > my Win c:\ disk. > I checked that root is owner of c:\ directories, so I switched to root > user (even my userid is defined in the same group as root) and I am > gettin a message that root cannot run wine. So I tried to "chmod 774 > Agent" (Agent is directory of Agent program I tried to run), but "ls > -al" showed that c:\Agent directory permitions were not changed (stayed > rwxr-xr-x). > Any idea how to solve this problem? > > Thanks, > > Zalek
ZalekBloom@hotmail.com <ZalekBloom@hotmail.com> wrote:> I just installed a new version of wine and wine stopped working. > It starts and I am getting a message that I have no permition to write on > my Win c:\ disk. > I checked that root is owner of c:\ directories, so I switched to root > user (even my userid is defined in the same group as root) and I am > gettin a message that root cannot run wine. > So I tried to "chmod 774 Agent" (Agent is directory of Agent program I > tried to run), but "ls -al" showed that c:\Agent directory permitions > were not changed (stayed rwxr-xr-x).You really, really, really want to read the part dealing with VFAT partitions in the Wine Users Guide... (hint: VFAT directory permissions can't be changed !) Assuming you are indeed using FAT, of course... -- Andreas Mohr, Renningen, Germany In case you need to contact me after expiry of temporary email address: my real address is (initial of first name).(last name)@mailto.de
On Sat, 28 Jul 2001, ZalekBloom@hotmail.com wrote:> I just installed a new version of wine and wine stopped working. > It starts and I am getting a message that I have no permition to write on > my Win c:\ disk. > I checked that root is owner of c:\ directories, so I switched to root > user (even my userid is defined in the same group as root) and I am > gettin a message that root cannot run wine. > So I tried to "chmod 774 Agent" (Agent is directory of Agent program I > tried to run), but "ls -al" showed that c:\Agent directory permitions > were not changed (stayed rwxr-xr-x). > Any idea how to solve this problem? > > Thanks, > > ZalekI hate to say it, but read the fine doco. <wine>/documentation/installing.sgml, the section on dealing with fat/vfat partitions. feel free to use this nasty little sed program on the sgml, or get another format from the wine ftp sites (see <wine>/ANNOUNCE). #!/bin/sh sed -e 's/<[^<>]*>//g' -e 's/</</g' -e 's/>/>/g' $1 |less -ni chmod 774 Agent _can't_ do anything. a fat fs has no structure to record permissions in, so permissions and ownership for the whole fs are set by mount. Have root umount your windows directory and fix /etc/fstab so the user who runs wine can mount it, or owns it no matter who mounts it, or do a recursive read of man mount, man fstab, and man 2 umask until you understand how *nix handles vfat filesystems, or just read the wine doco I mentioned. Lawson ---oof--- ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.