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Re: [LUG] Problems with backup restore



On 28/07/04 06:58:56, Peter James wrote:
On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 19:43, Jon Haynes wrote:
> Try changing the ownership everything below /home/peter/evolution to
> your username:
>
> (type as root)
> chown -R peter.peter ~peter/evolution
>
> Any good?
> Jon
>
Afraid not. System returns error message:
linux:/home/peter/evolution # chown -R peter.peter -peter/evolution
chown: invalid option -- p
Try `chown --help' for more information.


Is command "chown -R peter.peter -peter/evolution" correct?


Thats a ~ (tilde) not a - (hypen) before peter

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