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John Saunders (johns@rd.scitec.com.au) wrote:
[snip!]
: - The permissions on /dev/console should be 666 (was 644). This was the
:   major fix to get the svga_* games running! With the proper config I am
:   able to use my 3 button MouseSystems Mouse fine.

NO! NO! NO!!! NOT 666 - leave it at 644.

: - You need to be logged in as root to run Abuse (like the README said).
:   No amount the permissions fiddling to get around this.

Set the binary as suid root. In other words, su to root, change to the
directory the binary is in, and run the commands:

  chown root <file>
  chmod 4755 <file>

This should fix the problems with /dev/console, etc. (Mind you, with a
father who takes a very dim view of game-playing on the home machine, I
can't state for sure that this works - also, I've got slackware 3
installed, rather than Redhat.)

If the binary's suid root, it should work properly with SVGAlib games.
I've heard rumours that Abuse has problems with this; like I said, I
can't verify this, because 1) I run a standalone machine, and when it's
in Linux, I'm the only user :-), and 2) I've got root access anyway (of
course :) ), so I'm not all that worried about searching for gaping
security holes, like the fact that root has no password. *grins*

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