Ben Collins wrote: > > > execve("/usr/lib/man-db/man", ["man"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 EACCES > > (Permission denied) > > write(2, "execv: Permission denied\n", 25execv: Permission denied > > ) = 25 > > exit(-13) = ? > > > > I also get several of these in the strace output but I'm assuming it is > > also related to /dev/console. > > What are the perms on /dev/console? What are the perms also on /dev/ttyS0?
crw--w--w- 1 root tty 5, 1 Jun 11 22:49 console crw--w--w- 1 root root 4, 64 Jun 11 23:32 /dev/ttyS0 crw--w--w- 1 root tty 4, 0 Jun 11 22:49 /dev/tty0 Tried changing ttyS0 to be owned by group tty but made no difference. Which as a side not both stock debian 2.2.15 and my own 2.2.16 exhibit the same problems. -rwsr-xr-x 1 man root 89408 Apr 6 19:34 /usr/lib/man-db/man Brian Macy