Also, could be the operating system file permissions. On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Bill Schipper wrote: > I am list owner of a list distributed from a remote site (I am at > mun.ca, the list is distributed from West Virginia). Until now, > distribution has been from a VM server. For a variety of reasons, it > is being moved to a UNIX server. The local administrator has moved the > list, including all the files. We are having problems accessing the > files. The admin person can; but I can't. We are currently both > listed in the headers as Owner; I've reset my password, in case that > didn't get transferred. But the unix system will not allow me access > to the files. > > I can do the following: > > get listname.catalog > > I can make changes to the catalog, and replace it with put > listname.catalog. > > When I then try to upload the new file (by putting "put > filename.filetype listname.catalog" at the top of the file), I get the > message "You are not authorized to update file "FILENAME FILETYPE". > And if I try to retrieve a file whose catalog entry I modified slightly, > I get the same message. Moreover, if I try to use "give > filename.filetype user@domain" to send a file whose catalog entry I have > modified to someone, I get the message "You are not authorized to access > file "filename filetype". These files have GET permission set to PRV, > and PUT permission set to OWN. > > Can anyone see what we're doing wrong? > > Bill Schipper >