Subject: nethack-tty (1.6.1/sparc) permissions
To: None <tech-pkg@NetBSD.org>
From: Damian Sweeney <damianfs@iinet.net.au>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 10/07/2003 21:06:52
System:

NetBSD sparky 1.6.1 NetBSD 1.6.1 (GENERIC) #0: Wed Apr  9 03:02:04 UTC 2003
autobuild@tgm.daemon.org:/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/sparc/OBJ/autobuild/netbsd-1-6/
src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC sparc

Package:

nethack-tty (& nethack-lib) v3.4.1

Problem:

When first installed and run, the following error occured:

	Warning: cannot write scoreboard file record
 
and then,

	No write permission to lock perm!

Synopsis:

nethack-tty runs with set-gid privileges (as user games), but the files in the 
game's directory (/usr/pkg/share/nethackdir340) don't have write permissions 
for the group user.

Workaround:

chmod -R nethackdir340

My question:

Is this a bug in the package or have I missed something simple?

Thanks,

Damian.