Re: Permission problem with FTE
Matthew Myers wrote:
>
> I use the FTE editor quite a bit for programming and html, but I have to
> use it as root. I would prefer to be able to use it in my normal
> account. When I try to execute FTE as anyone else but root it gives me
> this error message:
>
> open: Permission Denied
> Failed to open /dev/vcsa*
>
> I never get this message when I run it as root. How can I remedy this
> problems so that I may run it under normal accounts?
>
> Thank You.
>
FWIW: I solved this problem by adding the user in question to the 'sys'
group (in /etc/group). However, this may not be the 'proper' way to fix
this problem; I don't know.
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