From owner-freebsd-ports Sun Jul 19 15:05:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29946 for freebsd-ports-outgoing; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 15:05:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29937 for ; Sun, 19 Jul 1998 15:05:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id IAA20796; Mon, 20 Jul 1998 08:04:52 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980720080447.24765@welearn.com.au> Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 08:04:47 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: nethack permissions Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The nethack-3.2.2 package package sets user and group to games.games and permissions 664 for every file in /usr/local/lib/nethackdir/ This has been deliberately set both in PLIST and in patch-aa (I think) Running nethack fails with: Warning: cannot write scoreboard file /usr/local/lib/nethackdir/record No write permission to lock perm! What's the trick here? Are well behaved users supposed to be rewarded by adding them to the games group or something? -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message