Bug #2532
closed
games/hack: permissions
0%
Description
I get this when I try to run hack as non-root:
perm: Permission denied
Cannot link safelock to perm
It seems you don't have write permission here.
Updated by jerome over 11 years ago
It's because the permissions on the hack directory (/var/games/hackdir, owned by root) are 770, which is a problem as it contains different files that the game will want to access (then impossible for non-root). But for two other games of /var/games, larn and phantasia, permissions are 775 ; I suppose it should have been the same for hack (but I can't find where hack is given its permissions).
Updated by robgar over 11 years ago
- Status changed from New to In Progress
- Assignee set to robgar
I'll take a look at this
Updated by lamaddox over 9 years ago
- Description updated (diff)
Three work-arounds which should work:
1) make hack setuid
2) add your user to the same group as hack.
3) make hack playground world-writeable
Updated by zrj over 7 years ago
- Status changed from In Progress to Closed
Closing. Should be playable with added fallback after d30a46c23861ab80d97903fe63829cccd327fff4