Thank you so much for this wonderful explanation. I solved the problem by deleting folder user ~/.links and then opening Links again. Links seems to be sensitive about working in this folder like editing the bookmarks file outside Links. Regards On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Peter wrote: > Hi, > I have been using Links browser for a few days and all worked fine when > now > suddenly I can not open it any longer as user, but only as su. Trying to > open > it as user it spits back "Segmentation fault (core dumped)". The chown > setting > doesn't matter, user or root. > Why would that be and how do I revert back that user can open it again? > > What means segmentation fault in this respect anyhow? A segment fault is the i386 hardware's way of telling a program it has its head wedged. Never mind what you may have heard about linear address spaces, the i386 is a segmented architechture. Any invalid address can only be reported as a segment fault. It could be a subscript out of bounds, or more likely in this case the program is trying to do as a user what it can only do as root. the iopl system call, for instance, will segment fault if executed by any user other than user 0. Maybe the program had suid, and you disturbed it by doing a chown or chgrp. I can't find the reference right now, but changing owner or group on a file unsets its special permissions, such as 4000 suid "make me root when I execute". I hope this will help you make sense of the other answer you got. > > Thanks and regards > > Peter > > > Lawson What the anvil, what the chain? In what furnace burned thy brain? - William Blake ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs ------- End of Forwarded Message - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
