timr at slop:~$ touch \/path
touch: cannot touch `/path': Permission denied
timr at slop:~$ uname -a
Linux slop 2.6.24-timriker #1 SMP Sun Feb 17 01:36:19 MST 2008 i686
GNU/Linux
which *nix are you on? just curious.
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