On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 02:02:30PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > >On Friday 16 January 2009 12:14:54 Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > >>I have just installed Skype and the only way that I can launch the > >>program is > >>as root. I know that that is a permissions thing, but I can't figure > >>out how to > >>bring up the program as user, or if that is even possible. > >> > >>Rem > >> > > > >This problem only happens on certain setups and we have been unable to > >find out why it's happening. Skype should (and does) work as a normal user > >and shouldn't require any permission changes. > > > >Please post the output of any errors you're seeing and the output of uname > >-a. Also, how are you starting skype? What linux_base are you running? > > > >Beech > > > > > > The output of uname -a: FreeBSD bsd.remdog.net 7.1-RELEASE FreeBSD > 7.1-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 1 14:37:25 UTC 2009 > r...@logan.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > The only way that I can start Skype is via the command line as root. If > I try to launch > the program as user this results: /usr/local/bin/skype: > /usr/local/share/skype/skype: Permission denied > > I am currently running linux_base-fc6-6_5 which I installed as per > UPDATING 20080318.
I have never used skype, (might try one of these days) but is it possible you have to set the Set-UID bit? eg chmod 4755 /usr/local/bin/skype ?? That's a little nasty, but... ////jerry > > Rem > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
