OK, here's the scoop. The truth is am a Windows Java / C++ programmer, and I don't know very much about Perl and less about Unix.

(Pause here for snicker and sneer break.)

Now that you've gotten that out of your system. I've been trying to learn Perl and I'm in the process of putting together a Linux box, so maybe I'll actually be able to answer some questions here some day.

However, in the meantime, I've got a friend that asked if I could help him automate some commands that he is having to type manually everytime he sets up a user on his web server. This is a script for priviliged users alone and not for the public at large.

I believe I'm down to the last issue, thanks to all the help (and fast too!) I have gotten here. The last thing I have to do is implement the recursion by hand because it does not appear that the chown command actually supports the -R switch. If it does, I have not found documentation on it yet.

So, I hope that kind of puts everything in perspective.

BTW, why does my posting say I have a Reputation of 0? Is that because I'm all questions and no answers?

Thanks again for all the help.

Just,
Kurious

In reply to Re: Re: Re: whoami? by Kurious
in thread whoami? by Anonymous Monk

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