On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 at 7:11pm, Madhvi Gokool wrote

> ERROR: backup.terrasky.mu: [could not access /dev/hda5 (/usr): Permission
> denied]
> ERROR: backup.terrasky.mu: [could not access /dev/hda5 (/dev/hda5):
> Permission denied]
> I have verified the permissions on the /usr as follows: -
>    2 drwxr-xr-x   16 root     root         4096 Jan 24 16:09 usr
> Logged in as user amanda, I have been able to view a file in one of the /usr
> sub-directories.
> >From my point of view, everyone has read and execute access on the /usr
> directory.

What you're interested in are the permissions on the device, not the mount 
point.  What does 'ls -l /dev/hda5' say, and what group is the amanda user 
in?

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University