28104 2003-09-07 02:58 0000 nethack-3.4.1-r1 cannot save games 2003-10-21 20:36:13 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Games unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 major Future 1 gnagent2@yahoo.com.au games@gentoo.org gnagent2@yahoo.com.au 2003-09-07 02:58:24 0000 cannot save games. Bug 9147 (3.4.0-r3) seems to have been reintroduced into the nethack-3.4.1-r1.ebuild. Fix is to change the owner and group of /var/games/nethack/save to games (was root). Also I wonder if the nethack directory shouldn't be /var/lib/games/nethack rather than /var/games/nethack. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. nethack 2. play a little 3. save the game vapier@gentoo.org 2003-09-14 22:30:26 0000 this should be fixed ... *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 26586 *** vapier@gentoo.org 2003-09-14 23:53:04 0000 hmm you're right i fixed this is 3.4.2 vapier@gentoo.org 2003-09-14 23:55:36 0000 use 3.4.2 kyberneticist@yahoo.com 2003-10-21 07:52:38 0000 Why does falcon's eye use the old root:root 2755 while Nethack sticks with games:games ? The only reason I'm saying this is the Nethack way allows any user in games group to modify saved games. Nethack has traditionally only allowed root to cheat. kyberneticist@yahoo.com 2003-10-21 07:53:55 0000 Oh, also falcon's eye uses a completely different save location. Instead of: /var/games/falconseye/save It uses: /usr/share/falconseye/save/ vapier@gentoo.org 2003-10-21 13:01:17 0000 thats because we've updated nethack and not falconseye ;) theres an open bug about a newer version of falconseye ... when i update that bug, i'll sync the format of falconseye with nethack kyberneticist@yahoo.com 2003-10-21 13:42:18 0000 Soooo, just to be clear. Nethack is *meant* to allow ordinary users to cheat? 'cause that's not the normal nethack install behaviour. vapier@gentoo.org 2003-10-21 19:29:37 0000 currently the policy is to allow people in the games group write access to certain files only ... so yes, 'normal' users can cheat ... but then again, any old person could d/l the game, play it, and cheat ... unless i'm missing some aspect of nethack where 1 person cheating affects others ... kyberneticist@yahoo.com 2003-10-21 20:36:13 0000 Well, normally to cheat you need root priveleges, which isn't guaranteed. Especially if a server is being used for obsessive comparison of nethack accomplishments :). Also, doesn't seem to be using my default umask, but giving user group write priveleges - so other people can erase my savegame, or otherwise mess with it.