as root: # nethack Couldn't open default config file /root/.nethackrc (13). No write permission to lock perm! as a normal user: NetHack, Copyright 1985-2002 By Stichting Mathematisch Centrum and M. Stephenson. See license for details. No write permission to lock perm! Hit space to continue:
a quick guess. you arent member of the group "games" :)
>> I am a member of the games group, this is not a solution. Oh, thats interesting: as root, I get the: ~ Password: Darkmere root # nethack Couldn't open default config file /root/.nethackrc (13). Hit return to continue: NetHack, Copyright 1985-2002 By Stichting Mathematisch Centrum and M. Stephenson. See license for details. Shall I pick a character's race, role, gender and alignment for you? [ynq] and as normal user(member of "games") i get: NetHack, Copyright 1985-2002 By Stichting Mathematisch Centrum and M. Stephenson. See license for details. Shall I pick a character's race, role, gender and alignment for you? [ynq] So, for my part it works. and. we can argue about the fact of running a game as root for a loong time.
