On 12/5/13 12:29 PM, Mark D. McKean wrote: > On Dec 5, 2013, at 10:03 am, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> My guess is that you missed the message from the "passwd-games" package >> which is a dependency of tornado, and you don't have a games user/group: >> >> Setting up passwd-games (20131113-1) ... >> >> ... >> >> You may experience problems later on if you don't add this information. >> Add the entry now? [Y/n] >> >> Use "fink reinstall passwd-games" and make sure to install the games user. > > Hm. "tornado" didn't install "passwd-games"--it was already installed. > Checking timestamps let me identify that it was installed as a dependency of > "alienblaster" a week ago. That package is set to root/admin, and it runs > normally. And I don't recall seeing that massage during that install. > > Here's what I get with "fink reinstall passwd-games": > > == > Setting up passwd-games (20131113-1) ... > 'games' user exists, with parameters: > uid=603(games) gid=20(staff) > groups=20(staff),12(everyone),61(localaccounts),502(boinc_master),503(boinc_project),402(com.apple.sharepoint.group.1),403(com.apple.sharepoint.group.2),100(_lpoperator) > Fink will use these settings. > > 'games' group exists, with parameters: > > AppleMetaNodeLocation: /Local/Default > GeneratedUID: AA6948D1-48F3-4863-B3B5-F10D5C10AAEC > GroupMembership: games > Password: * > PrimaryGroupID: 20 > RecordName: games > RecordType: dsRecTypeStandard:Groups > > Fink will use these settings. > > Using existing entry for 'games' user/group. > == > > And it still says I don't have permission. > > It's not a big deal if I can't run it--I was installing it just out of > curiosity--but it's now become a confounding mystery, and I can't stand to > leave a mystery unsolved without at least trying. :-) And I'm learning things > that will likely be useful later. > > On a whim, I just tried a few things with alienblaster. Trying to save > settings returned the error message: "Options::saveFile(): error while > opening file /sw/etc/alienblaster/cfg/alienBlaster.cfg". That file is also > owned by games/games. > > So it looks like there's something screwy with the settings for the games > user and/or group, but I've not a clue what. Is there any significance to the > fact that this shows "staff" and "games" groups both with id 20? Should I > delete games/games and reinstall passwd-games again? > > Mark D. McKean > qpa...@quantumpanda.com >
Hmm... that's strange, all right. Go ahead and try removing the games user and group, and try "fink reinstall passwd-games again". Having 'games' entwined with 'staff' might be causing your issues. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sponsored by Intel(R) XDK Develop, test and display web and hybrid apps with a single code base. Download it for free now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=111408631&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
