38687 2004-01-19 01:26 0000 hack (bsd-games-non-free) doesn't start because i can't write to /var/games/hack. this dir owns games group and i'm in this game 2009-11-27 19:10:49 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Games unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 m0nt0@lycos.it games@gentoo.org m0nt0@lycos.it 2004-01-19 01:26:44 0000 When I start hack it tells me that it can't write to /var/games/hack and the game won't start. The perms on this dir are -rw-r----- 1 games games I can play only if i'm root and this isn't good. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.lunch hack Actual Results: game tell me Warning: cannot write /var/games/hack/record Hit return to continue: perm: Permission denied Cannot link safelock to perm It seems you don't have write permission here. Hit return to continue: and then it quit Expected Results: start the game wolf31o2@gentoo.org 2004-01-19 06:18:02 0000 Should be fixed in CVS now... piersol+gentoobugzilla@gmail.com 2009-11-27 19:10:49 0000 I'm getting this error and the normal user is in the games group. I checked permessions in /var/games/hack and they look OK: drwxr-x--- 2 root games 4.0K Nov 27 10:51 . drwxr-x--- 5 root games 4.0K Nov 27 10:32 .. -rw-rw---- 1 root games 0 Nov 27 10:32 .keep_games-misc_bsd-games-0 -rw-rw---- 1 root games 0 Nov 27 10:31 perm -rw-rw---- 1 root games 39 Nov 27 10:51 record