Re: my Linux users can't save

Wil Hunt <XwilOhuntX@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Wuphon's Reach wrote:
>
>> After a bit more digging and testing... I think the above
>> permissions are correct. The users are able to write updates to the
>> score file on Gentoo, my mistake was not suiciding to force an
>> update to the score file. (When you exit without dying, Angband
>> merely displays a "ghost" entry in the output of the score file for
>> your current character.)
>
> And on Gentoo, the Angband directories are set to the games group.
> Any users that you want to be able to play Angband should be a member
> of that group.

That's not the right way to do it, unless you have some strange
policy that some people are allowed access to games, but not others.

It is better to make the executable sgid games.

chmod g+s .../angband

Of course you need to make sure that the group has write access
to the files/directories where it is needed.


Eddie
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