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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

Since I can't print as root, I am still trying to make some form of X work 
as /user.

I made a /user and copied .profile to it from /root and made it executable 
by user but I still can't use the aliases in it.  Why?

I did chmod +s to xfbdev and Xvesa (they are supposed to be run suid root 
- is there something else I should have done instead?  The latest 
busyboxes have su but BL2 did not).

xfbdev still won't work

Error opening /dev/fb0
: No such device

crw-r--r--  root root fb0
Do I need to change the ownership or permissions?

Xvesa now works, but rxvt can't open pseudo-tty.

Web research reveals that pseudo-ttys are used to connect to the net and 
come in two pieces:
slave half ttyp* used by user programs
control half ptyp* used by daemons to talk to the net.

To open a device by user does it need to be writeable or readable or 
executable by user?

I discovered that BL2 ramdisk, BL2 ext2 (which I am trying to use as user 
so I can print) and BL3 have different permissions and ownerships for 
these.  Why?  Are they supposed to be executable?

BL2 ext2:
(Is this correct?  I may have changed things trying to get user working)
crw-------  root root ttyp0
crw-------  root root ttyp1
crw-rw-rw-  root root ttyp2 
crw-rw-rw-  root root ttyp3
crwx-wx-wx  root root ttyp4, 5, 6, 7
crwxr-xr-x  root root ttyp8-f

BL2 ramdisk:  (which I could not have messed up)
crw-------  root tty ttyp0
crwx------  root tty ttyp1  (why are these two crwx?)
crwx------  root tty ttyp2
crw-------  root tty ttyp3
crw-r--r--  root tty ttyp4-f

BL3 ext2:  (I may have messed this up - is it correct?
crw------  root root ttyp0  (why root?)
crw-r--r--  root tty ttyp1 to 9
------------------
BL2 ext2:  (is the 'x' correct? or did I add it?)
crwxr-xr-x root tty  ptyp*

BL2 ramdisk:
crw-r--r-- root tty  ptyp*

BL3 ext2:
crw-r--r-- root tty  ptyp*

I was changing file permissions at one point trying to telnet from BL3 to 
BL2 as root and user.

Anyway, how do I change the pseudo-tty device permissions so rxvt works 
for 'user'?

I would rather get lpr working as root.  It is a blasted nuisance trying 
to get user to work.  Too many other permissions need changing.

> > On 12/16/05, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> > > I cannot print as root with lpr:
> > > ls -l lpr
> > > -r-s--s--x
> > >
> > > Does this mean I can print as superuser?
> >
> > This should mean that anyone can run this as root.

So why can't root print but user can?
Would it help to change file permissions somehow?
To -r-x--x--x?

> > Who owns lpr? What group owns lpr? (i.e. send the rest
> > of ls -l)

> ls -l /usr/bin/lpr
> -r-s--s--x  1 root      lp  15096 May 13 2000 lpr
> (from Slackware 7.1 lpr.tgz)
>
> I can print a file with lpr filename if I first, as root,
> chmod +r filename, insmod lp, lpr, then login as user.
>
> lpr filename.
>
> If I try to do this as root, I get another prompt and nothing prints.
>
> How do I print as root with lpr?
>
> > Please remind us of what error message you get when
> > you try to execute lpr.

/tmp<#>lpr file
/tmp<#>

I just get the prompt, as root.
As user, it prints (and I get the prompt).