[Ethereal_Dragon]

Ok, I have googled this, and the only thing I seem to be getting in return is how to use the chmod, chown, and chgrp commands.

Basically, I am trying to figure out who to give ownership to some directories to, or if I should leave them as 'nobody'.... Also, some have group assignments to "501".... not sure who that is.

/mnt/HD_a2 # ls -l
dr-xr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 14 17:04 Anonymous FTP
drwxrwxr-x 7 root Admin 4096 Oct 17 00:35 Data
drwxrwxrwx 2 root Admin 4096 Oct 15 01:19 FTP
-rwxrwxrwx 1 nobody 501 1181 Apr 25 23:15 fun_plug
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 Apr 25 23:30 fun_plug.d
drwxrwxrwx 3 nobody 501 4096 Apr 26 00:09 lnx_bin
drwxrwxrwx 5 nobody 501 4096 Apr 26 03:07 www

Anonymous FTP - Directory for external & internal Anonymous FTP users. I assigned ownership of this to root.
Data - Stored data for LAN users mostly, and my occaisional remote use (from work mostly)
FTP - Not set up yet, but this will be the directory for the users with passwords to the server.
fun_plug is a file necessary to add functionality to my DNS-323, such as telnet access, and the web server. The script is executed when the system boots.
fun_plug.d & lnx_bin are used for add-ons to the NAS box. Only thing in there is other scripts, and other components for the linux OS to run (Daemons I think they are called??)

Lastly, the www directory is for the webpage hosted in the box, and only get accessed though http, unless I am FTP'd to the box to edit the page from work.....

Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this for me.... Thanks guys, gotta run, have already dozed off 4 times while typing this... leaving a whole line of e's all the way across the screen.

[simple]

could you be more specific as to what exaactly you want and "why" you want it. There may be different ways of doing a same thing...
c ya!!

[Ethereal_Dragon]

Hey, thanks for the reply. Well, I am sort of a *nix n00b.

I am basically trying to figure out if I should leave the lnx_bin & www directories as owned by "nobody", or if I should chown them to root, or an Admin or something....

As described, the www directory is for a webpage that is hosted on the box.
The lnx_bin is a folder that the fun_plug file runs scripts from during boot up of the box. Keep in mind, this isn't a PC, it is a D-Link NAS box, with limited functionality, which is what the fun_plug is for. When the box boots, it looks for the fun_plug file, and if it is present, it executes it. That file starts the telnet access for me, and also the web server on the box (neither are part of the firware).

As for the WHY, I am just trying to figure out if it is 'safe' to leave a file owned by no one, or if it is better to give it an owner...