Re: angband save problems
Michael Beattie wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> > On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 11:39:09PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > > On Mon, 25 May 1998 23:37:46 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > >
> > > > Wouldn't it just be easier to set the executable to GUID games and have
> > > >all the game files owned by games? That way there is no need to keep adding
> > > >people as they start playing the game. Or am I missing some fundimental
> > > >security problem with that?
> > >
> > > Blah, I mean SUID, not GUID, sorry.
> >
> > Is the game's code secure? Using the games group and setgid executables
> > means that if the game does have holes, all you can do is trash the score
> > files for the various games. The same is true using setuid games,
> > but also means you could interfere with other people's games
> > if you could a setuid games shell etc. Basically the existing systems
> > works just fine as far as I can see.
>
> Yup, definitely. Thats why I just added users to the games group, and it
> worked fine, but I had to chmod the files in /etc/angband to group/all
> read for the game to run. (Sorry, there was no need to change permissions
> or ownership of any directorys despite my earlier ramblings.. But since
> there was no problem with running the game, that isnt an issue anyway)
>
> On another point, has anyone got the ^S command to work to "save the game
> without exiting?" I have to use ^X and fire it up again.
>
> Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)
Hmm, this is interesting, I've never had the ^S command *not* work. Its
used by Linux (maybe Unix in general) to pause screen output, so if its not
being recognized thats an indication of keyboard/keymap setup problem (or
angband can't intercept the interrupt for it?). Can you pause a long
directory listing by hitting ^S while the display is scrolling (continue
scrolling, i.e. unpause, with ^Q)?
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Ed
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