Re: gnuplot/libvga and permissions
On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Jose L. Gomez Dans wrote:
> I downloaded gnuplot 3.7 today, as I wanted to compile it to plot graphs
> on the console. Compilation went OK, but if I try to plot a graph in the
> console, I get an I/O permission error. For a try, I logged in as root, and
> everything worked fine. Since other programs that use libvga work fine (I
> can only think of zgv at the moment) from my normal user account, I am at a
> bit of a loss here. I suspect that I set some dodgy permissions, but which?
The suid bit (chmod u+s) on gnuplot will allow you to use it under
console. This is probably not the best way to achieve that, but it works.
BTW: You might want to use the Debian package instead.
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