Re: [ioquake3] Unable to create directory "/root/.q3a", error is Permission denied(13)

2013-08-05 Thread YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List
On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 21:13:49 -0500 Zack Middleton wrote: > On 08/05/2013 08:51 PM, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: > > On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:48:43 +0100 > > Tim Angus wrote: > > > >> On 05/08/13 12:18, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: > >>> We can see that the program wants to write into the "/root"

Re: [ioquake3] Unable to create directory "/root/.q3a", error is Permission denied(13)

2013-08-05 Thread Zack Middleton
On 08/05/2013 08:51 PM, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:48:43 +0100 Tim Angus wrote: On 05/08/13 12:18, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: We can see that the program wants to write into the "/root" directory. The "ioq3" user has not the permission to write to this directory.

Re: [ioquake3] Unable to create directory "/root/.q3a", error is Permission denied(13)

2013-08-05 Thread YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List
On Mon, 05 Aug 2013 12:48:43 +0100 Tim Angus wrote: > On 05/08/13 12:18, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: > > We can see that the program wants to write into the "/root" directory. > > The "ioq3" user has not the permission to write to this directory. > > What is the best strategy to correct this be

Re: [ioquake3] Unable to create directory "/root/.q3a", error is Permission denied(13)

2013-08-05 Thread Dominic Fandrey
On 05/08/2013 13:18, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: > When I am running the ioquake3 1.36 server on linux at booting, I don't want > to run it as the "root" user because it is not safe. > I prefer to use an "ioq3" user dedicated to this task. > This is what happened when I run the server as the "io

Re: [ioquake3] Unable to create directory "/root/.q3a", error is Permission denied(13)

2013-08-05 Thread Tim Angus
On 05/08/13 12:18, YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List wrote: We can see that the program wants to write into the "/root" directory. The "ioq3" user has not the permission to write to this directory. What is the best strategy to correct this behavior ? Put +set com_homepath /somewhere/you/can/write on the c

[ioquake3] Unable to create directory "/root/.q3a", error is Permission denied(13)

2013-08-05 Thread YuGiOhJCJ Mailing-List
Hello, When I am running the ioquake3 1.36 server on linux at booting, I don't want to run it as the "root" user because it is not safe. I prefer to use an "ioq3" user dedicated to this task. This is what happened when I run the server as the "ioq3" user using sudo as "root": # sudo -u ioq3 /usr