Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:02:36 -0600 (CST) From: Steven Lake <raiden@shell.core.com> To: Douglas Egan <degan@calcon.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: bind: permission denied Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44L0.0202140857240.13090-100000@shell.core.com> In-Reply-To: <3C6BCF59.3CFBD31F@calcon.net>
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Simple answer. Root owns the program, root owns the processes it runs on, only root has permissions to execute it because of how it runs. I've had the same thing with many programs, even ones assigned to my generic user or owned by them, regardless if they're part of the wheel group or not. It's a security thing. :) On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Douglas Egan wrote: > I just installed ports/mail/sylpheed. I installed like I always install > something from ports; as root, make; make install; > > I can execute the program from root, but cannot execute it as a normal > user. I get: > > %sylpheed > bind: Permission denied > % > > The author of syplheed suggested looking at the /tmp permissions, but > they were as suggested and as installed. > > drwxrwxrwt 8 root wheel 1024 Feb 14 03:23 tmp > > > %uname -a > FreeBSD porgy 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #0: Thu Dec 13 14:40:35 CST > 2001 degan@porgy:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/DOUG-AMD i386 > % > > > Any ideas? > > Doug Egan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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