Then yes I would run it games.games and make the directory games writable.
On 12-Oct-98 Darren Benham wrote: > No, it only requires writeaccess to a directory tree. If I made the > directories world writable, anybody could run the server (cept I think I'd > have > to change the umask of the program to keep the world-writable bit) > > On 12-Oct-98 Shaleh wrote: >> Yes run it as games or even nobody. Does the server itself require root to >> run >> it? Remember if it is on a server, then the users often do not have access >> to >> it as they are running the client on another machine. So root controlling >> the >> data files is not of extreme importance. > > ========================================================================= > * http://benham.net/index.html <>< * > * -------------------- * -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ---------------* > * Darren Benham * Version: 3.1 * > * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>++++ P+++$ L++>++++* > * * E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- * > * Debian Developer * PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b++++ DI+++ D++ * > * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+ * > * -------------------- * ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------* > ========================================================================= > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Shaleh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 12-Oct-98 Time: 13:57:20 This message was sent by XFMail ----------------------------------
