Re: squake behaving strangely

[Jim foltz <aa204@acorn.net>]

You want to set the permisions to 4755.

On Wed, Oct 21, 1998 at 04:45:46PM +0100, M.C. Vernon wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I have two problems with squake:
> 
> 1: you have to be root for it to run:
> 
> /etc/suid.conf has the following line:
> squake /usr/games/squake.real root root 755
> 
> which was made by chmoding /usr/games/squake.real as advised
> 
> suidregister has been run, but when I run quake except as root:
> $ squake -nosound /nocdaudio
> Added packfile ./id1/pak0.pak (339 files)
> Added packfile ./id1/pak1.pak (85 files)
> PackFile: ./id1/pak1.pak : gfx/pop.lmp
> Playing registered version.
> PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx.wad
> Console initialized.
> UDP Initialized
> Exe: 15:28:15 Aug  7 1997
>  8.0 megabyte heap
> PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/palette.lmp
> PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/colormap.lmp
> svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.
> 
> Secondly, when running as root, I can play fine, but if I join a TCP/IP
> game, then my controls don't work (using defaults)
> 
> Can anyone shed any light on this?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Matthew
> 
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