I demand that Herbert Xu may or may not have written... > Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> nethack is the only game which comes to mind which does this, and I think >> it should probably be changed to keep the saved game in the user's home >> directory. This was clearly done in order to try to prevent cheating, but >> again, these days the player has root anyway.
> If the player has root then why are discussing the possibility of the > player cracking into the games group? The machine could be running a network game server which is setgid games, though it could equally well have its own uid and be run setuid. -- | Darren Salt | linux (or ds) at | nr. Ashington, | woody, sarge, | youmustbejoking | Northumberland | RISC OS | demon co uk | Toon Army | I don't ask for much, just untold riches... The basis of optimism is sheer terror.