Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:54:41 -0600 From: Brandon Gooch <jamesbrandongooch@gmail.com> To: David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about nethack and setgid Message-ID: <AANLkTinjCzGqTO2E5dTWhZJhHGohoW5jtR-CcxKUHCoo@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4D6ECA01.40002@gmail.com> References: <4D6ECA01.40002@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:51 PM, David Demelier <demelier.david@gmail.com> w= rote: > Hello, > > I don't understand how nethack can store the score in > /usr/local/lib/nethack/logfile. > > the real binary is here /usr/local/lib/nethack/nethack > > And the mode is > > -rwxr-sr-x =A01 games =A0games =A01793635 25 Jan 2011 > /usr/local/lib/nethack/nethack > > So that means people in games group will run nethack as games user (owner= of > file) but I'm not in games group ! and I can save the file located in > > /usr/local/lib/nethack/logfile which mode is -rw-rw-r-- =A0games =A0games > > I'm writing a game that will store file too, because I can't make it work= s > like nethack I was planning using the setuid mode but I don't like much t= his > .. > > What am I misunderstanding? > > Cheers, > > -- > David Demelier Take a look at: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/permissions.html#= AEN4027 I believe that it will demystify the behavior you're seeing. -Brandon
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