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Old 04-28-2006, 09:05 PM   #1
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www-data group not appearing in file permissions tab


Greetings,

I'm hoping you can help me with this issue I'm experiencing in Ubuntu 5.10:

in /var/www/testdir I have a file named test.txt. When I right-click that file, goto Permissions, and select the File group drop-down menu, I do not see the group named www-data listed.

However, when I goto System > Administration > Users and Groups and check Show all users and groups, I can see that the www-data group does indeed exist.

My question is: why isn't the www-data group listed in the filename > permissions > File group drop-down menu? And how do I go about making it appear there?

Thank you for your time,

*Nick*
 
Old 05-01-2006, 11:48 AM   #2
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Just a guess, but perhaps you don't have permissions to assign files to that group. You cannot change a file to a group you do not belong to...
 
  


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