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Re: Only root can play squake



On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, M.C. Vernon wrote:

> DEar all,
> 
> 	When I run squake, I get a caannot get io permission error, unless
> I run it as root. What do I do about this, please?
> 


Set /usr/games/squake.real to setuid. It is not by default because of a
potential security hole.


                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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