one answer about sharing files

We are having some permission problems. I have a data set in my home
directory. Others members of my group have been unable to access those
files with grass, even though they have full UNIX permission and I turned
on the grass permission for that data set.

  GRASS looks at the ownership of the file, not just UNIX permissions.
If you want everyone to have access to a set of files, you can create a
PERMANENT mapset and as long as others have their MAPSETS under the same
location, they can use the raster/vector files in PERMANENT mapset.

I also get an error when trying to use the d.display command using MacX on
a macintosh as an x-server. The error message reads:
      Xerror of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
      Major opcode of failed request: 78 (X_CreateColormap)
      Serial number of failed request: 13

  We have the same problem with an PC-XView (PC X Server) and I would
be glad to have few answers.

  Laxmi P. Musunur (LP)
  School of Forestry,
  Auburn University,
  AUBURN AL 36849

  mlp@forestry.auburn.edu