Bug 38687 – 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

• Status: RESOLVED FIXED
• Product: Gentoo Linux

[Description Pietro Montorfano 2004-01-19 01:26:44 UTC]

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

[Comment 1 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) 2004-01-19 06:18:02 UTC]

Should be fixed in CVS now...

[Comment 2 Buzz Piersol 2009-11-27 19:10:49 UTC]

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