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Re: SVGALIB



On Sun, Sep 20, 1998 at 10:12:55PM +0000, Ruud de Bruin wrote:
> When running "gs" as user, I receive the following error message:
> 
> SVGALIB -- Cannot get I/O permissions.
> 
> How can I solve this?

You have to set the suid bit (It's a security hole, your user could get root
rights if there's a problem in svgalib!).

chmod +s /usr/bin/gs

(or with suid-register if installed)

Marcus

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