Re: svgalib (restorefont) permissions
Paul Kirschner wrote:
> > > I'm trying to use runx from svgalib to fix some problems exiting from X
> > > but restorefont fails with...
> > >
> > > {debian:1} /usr/bin/restorefont -w fontdata
> > > /usr/bin/restorefont: Permission denied.
> > >
> > > it's permissions are:
> > >
> > > -rwxr-x--- 1 root console 8196 Jan 7 14:58 /usr/bin/restorefont
> > > -rwsr-x--- 1 root console 8196 Jan 7 14:58
> > > /usr/bin/restorepalette
> > > -rwsr-x--- 1 root console 8196 Jan 7 14:58
> > > /usr/bin/restoretextmode
> > >
> > > How can this be run from a user account? From the root account it works
> > > fine!
> >
> > Just add the user to the console group (in /etc/group).
> >
>
> That's a little closer but still doesn't work yet. Now I get...
> {debian:3} restorefont -w fontdata
> svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.
>
> Now what do I do?
chmod 4750 /usr/bin/restorefont
Peter
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