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Frabato

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Registered: 2007-10-24

Posts: 267

cannot create directory `/home/a/.config/openbox

Hi All,

I'm trying to setup openbox because it is so highly recommended in Arch but I get this:

[a@Astudio ~]$ mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox/
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/a/.config': Permission denied
[a@Astudio ~]$ su
Password: 
bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 /home/a/
bash-3.2# exit
exit
[a@Astudio ~]$ mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox/
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/a/.config/openbox/': Permission denied
[a@Astudio ~]$ su
Password: 
bash-3.2# chmod -R 755 /home/
bash-3.2# exit
exit
[a@Astudio ~]$ mkdir -p ~/.config/openbox/
mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/a/.config/openbox/': Permission denied

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks,
Arthur

sorry about the double post!

Last edited by Frabato (2008-10-18 02:41:01)

Xyne

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Registered: 2008-08-03

Posts: 6,963

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Re: cannot create directory `/home/a/.config/openbox

Have you just installed Arch? Is there a chance that you're not the owner of your home directory? (check "ls -l /home/" to be sure... if not, chown it)

I don't know what else it could be but someone here will surely have an idea.

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