Re: svgalib (restorefont) permissions

["Peter Tobias" <tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de>]

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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