From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 17 00:32:46 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DF431065677 for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:32:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remegius@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 018C28FC1E for ; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:32:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from remegius@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.59]) by QMTA02.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4BqU1b00A1GXsucA2QYmcR; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:32:46 +0000 Received: from bsd.remdog.net ([76.102.24.75]) by OMTA07.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id 4QYl1b00R1dCpWs8TQYmDw; Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:32:46 +0000 Message-ID: <4971272F.7020101@comcast.net> Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:32:47 -0800 From: Rem P Roberti User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Beech Rintoul References: <4970F8CE.4090307@comcast.net> <49711BAE.5070505@comcast.net> <200901161528.44418.beech@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200901161528.44418.beech@freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Joakim Fogelberg , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: skype permissions X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:32:46 -0000 Beech Rintoul wrote: > On Friday 16 January 2009 15:15:13 Joakim Fogelberg wrote: > >> On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:43 AM, Rem P Roberti >> > wrote: > >>> Joakim Fogelberg wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 11:09 PM, Beech Rintoul >>>> > wrote: > >>>>> What are the premissions of /usr/local/share/skype? Try doing chmod 755 >>>>> /usr/local/share/skype and start with: >>>>> >>>> This did the trick for me. I just installed skype and: >>>> >>>> will-try# ls -l /usr/local/share/ | grep skype >>>> drwx------ 6 root wheel 512 Jan 17 00:13 skype >>>> >>>> After changing the permissions I am able to start skype from the Gnome >>>> menu. >>>> >>> Thanks for the shot, Joakim, but that didn't work either. When calling >>> Skype >>> from user's command prompt still get the same result. BTW, I'm using >>> Xfce as my desktop. >>> >>> Rem >>> >> Just for the record... I'm also able to start Skype from the command >> prompt. >> > > What happens if you do: /usr/local/share/skype/skype as a normal user? > Same thing: Permission denied. > >> I'm not sure if I really understand makefiles, but it seems to me that >> /usr/local/share/skype are created with the following directive in >> /usr/ports/net/skype/Makefile: >> @cd ${WRKSRC}/&&${COPYTREE_SHARE} "avatars icons sounds lang" >> ${PREFIX}/${SKYPEDIR}/ >> >> Maybe the directory should be created first? I.e. change it to the >> following: @${INSTALL} -d ${PREFIX}/${SKYPEDIR} >> @cd ${WRKSRC}/&&${COPYTREE_SHARE} "avatars icons sounds lang" >> ${PREFIX}/${SKYPEDIR}/ >> > > copytree_share does create the dir first if it doesn't exist. FWIW, I loaded > xfwm and tried to reproduce this, but it works fine as a normal user on my > -current box. I doubt if it would be any different on a 7.x box. I've seen > this problem once or twice before, but both me and Skype are at a loss to > explain why it's happening. I'll chat with the Skype devs later this evening > and see if one of them has any suggestions. > > Beech > Thank you!