Michael Beattie wrote: > > On Tue, 26 May 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > > On Mon, May 25, 1998 at 11:39:09PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > On Mon, 25 May 1998 23:37:46 -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > > > > > > > Wouldn't it just be easier to set the executable to GUID games and > > > > have > > > >all the game files owned by games? That way there is no need to keep > > > >adding > > > >people as they start playing the game. Or am I missing some fundimental > > > >security problem with that? > > > > > > Blah, I mean SUID, not GUID, sorry. > > > > Is the game's code secure? Using the games group and setgid executables > > means that if the game does have holes, all you can do is trash the score > > files for the various games. The same is true using setuid games, > > but also means you could interfere with other people's games > > if you could a setuid games shell etc. Basically the existing systems > > works just fine as far as I can see. > > Yup, definitely. Thats why I just added users to the games group, and it > worked fine, but I had to chmod the files in /etc/angband to group/all > read for the game to run. (Sorry, there was no need to change permissions > or ownership of any directorys despite my earlier ramblings.. But since > there was no problem with running the game, that isnt an issue anyway) > > On another point, has anyone got the ^S command to work to "save the game > without exiting?" I have to use ^X and fire it up again. > > Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Hmm, this is interesting, I've never had the ^S command *not* work. Its used by Linux (maybe Unix in general) to pause screen output, so if its not being recognized thats an indication of keyboard/keymap setup problem (or angband can't intercept the interrupt for it?). Can you pause a long directory listing by hitting ^S while the display is scrolling (continue scrolling, i.e. unpause, with ^Q)? -- Ed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]