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  • I have to "chown" access. log to become "squid" id in order to run squid services.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2010

  • I have to "chown" access. log to become "squid" id in order to run squid services.

    LinuxQuestions.org inaki 2010

  • Regarding your suggestion about "reset ... chown the/home/user directory", I don't know enough about Linux to trust myself with the "chown" options, or to where I should be to apply it.

    LinuxQuestions.org GenomeJB 2009

  • You can either leave it like that, or gradually convert the old mobile accounts to new local ones (by means of copying the home profile from one to another and using the 'chown' command in Terminal to change the owner permissions on all the files within each home folder.)

    Discussions: Message List - root 2009

  • If you copy your data like this, remember to change ownership and permissions on the directories you're copying (using "chown" and "chmod").

    Netvouz - new bookmarks 2009

  • [Via GigaOm] Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessAT&T tweaks wireless terms of service to forbid video [...] chown - R ZeIT: TeAM blog. zeit.ro | chown - R ZeIT: TeAM blog. zeit.ro

    Updated: AT&T Decides Net Neutrality Won’t Work for Wireless 2009

  • Video: Cacophonic typewriter doubles as piano | The gadgets chown - R ZeIT: TeAM blog. zeit.ro | chown - R ZeIT: TeAM blog. zeit.ro

    Typing The Sound, Musical Typewriter Project by Fabien Cappello with Yamaha » Yanko Design 2009

  • MC even gave me access to the mystical chown/chmod attributes with just a couple of keystrokes.

    Archive 2007-08-19 William "Papa" Meloney 2007

  • MC even gave me access to the mystical chown/chmod attributes with just a couple of keystrokes.

    Slackware: what was old is GNU, again William "Papa" Meloney 2007

  • November 9th, 2009 at 6: 56 pm chown - R ZeIT: TeAM blog. zeit.ro | chown - R ZeIT: TeAM blog. zeit.ro

    Exclusive: Google Has Acquired Gizmo5 Michael Arrington 2005

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