Correcting File Ownership and Protection

Sometimes, when starting or program or trying to access calibration files, users cannot access some files or receive an error message saying they do not have privileges to do an operation.

This is because the file ownership and protection settings are incorrect.

Do not change the file protection manually. Always use instiris –setown to fix the protection of your files.
To correct the file ownership and protection, type: 
# instiris –setown

The script goes through the /etc/vaisala directory tree, changing the ownership of the files to operator and setting the protection as follows:

  • Directories—rwxrwxr–x
  • All files, except executable files—rwrw–r--
  • Executable files—rwsrwsr–x