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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 11:17:22 +0200
From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To: Norman Khine <norman@khine.net>
Subject: Re: tmux running only as root user
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On Wed, 9 Jul 2014 09:59:06 +0100, Norman Khine wrote:
> hello,
> i have installed tmux from ports and am unable to run it as an ordinary
> user?
> 
> from the command prompt when i execute % tmux, i get a 112[exited] message
> 
> running as sudo or root, works fine, what am i missing?

Maybe related to "non-standard" shell or terminal settings or
something "abnormal" in your ~/.tmux.conf?

You can try "truss tmux" to see which action caused the exit
(like failed file access due to permissions or unability to
start a shell).



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Polytropon
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