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Re: svgalib (restorefont) permissions



>>>You can say
>>>	chmod u+s /usr/bin/restorefont
>>>and this will allow it to be run by any member of the console group.
>
>Nope, it won't do any such thing.
>
>>>>-rwsr-x---   1 root     console      8196 Jan  7 14:58 /usr/bin/restoretextmode
>
>The permissions are *already* correct for that -- they say that it
>runs *as* root, but that both root and group-console users can read
>or execute it, and root can write to it.

Huh?!?  restorefont != restoretextmode.  It's restorefont that was
having trouble, cf the Subject: line.

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