On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Tank wrote:

> Greets Again-
> 
>         Another problem I am having in addition to the ether interface is
> the following.
> 
> I created an account for myself.
> I copied the dot files from /usr/shar/skel.
> I chown'd the files to myself.
> I chmod'd the file to 700
> 
> I could not modify the files.
> 
> I then chmod'd the files to 777, but still no luck...
> 
Did you remember to chown the directory itself?  If you don't have write 
permission on the directory, you will be unable to delete or create files.