No they are not. The permitions on /var/lock should be DRWXRWXRWT i.e. 1777 otherwise any user can delete any other user's lock file not what you want. This is why /tmp is sticky, it tells the operating system that even if the directory is writable you can only delete files you own. Regards, Kerry. On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 11:40:27AM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Ok, I restored everything as before as far as the partition permission and > /etc/fstab and rebooted to be sure, then used "chmod a+rw /var/lock". That > worked. The output of "ls -dl lock" is now > drwxrw-rw- 2 root root" etc. > I relogged in. > Ran dosemu as me wit the debugging option. > Still no com ports; still because you must be suid root. > Having read some other posts on this through google, I really think the problem > is in the dosemu coding and not in my lock permissions now, because they are now > ok. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > -- Kerry Hoath: kerry at gotss.net kerry at gotss.eu.org or kerry at gotss.spice.net.au ICQ: 8226547 msn: kerry at gotss.net Yahoo: kerryhoath at yahoo.com.au
