You have to run usermod as root of course. You can always add yourself to the group by editing the /etc/groups file. Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: <showell@xxxxxxxxx> To: <arimo at netsonic.fi>; "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: Re: permissions question > Ari, > > When I run id I get the following. > > uid=500(showell) gid=500(showell) groups=500(showell),503(x10) > > I did try logging out of one shell and logging back in with no change. > The program just says it can't write to that directory. The directory is > off /etc, but I wouldn't think this would matter. > > tnx > Scott > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
