[leafnode-list] Re: Cannot update timestamp on /var/spool/news/interesting.groups/...: Operation not permitted

[David Aldred]

On Sunday 04 Dec 2005 22:10, Matthias Andree wrote:
> Is there a particular advantage that you draw from having these files
> root-owned rather than news-owned?
>
ISTM there was, but I can't rememmber what it was!   

> If not, chown -R news /var/spool/news/* is the easiest way to fix this.

That has stopped the error messages, thanks.  

If whatever it was that made root ownership better comes back to mind - and 
matters any more! - I'll have to try again!

-- 
David Aldred