Re: [AL] About using Allegro under linux

[Steven <ste...@sb...>]

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You can not legitimately execute your program as root under linux on a 
machine for which you do not have root privileges.  You should instead 
try using a different driver which does not need root permissions, such 
as the X Windows driver.

On Dec 5, 2004, at 6:37 PM, Chao Wang wrote:

> I installed Allegro under linux, which I don't have root priviledge.
>
> When I try to run my program
> gen_areas test.txt out.txt
>
> I got error
> Fatal error: unable to activate the Allegro system
> Unable to open /dev/console: Permission denied
>
> I figured the error might because some parts of Linux console Allegro 
> need root
> privileges. The installation manual suggest the following:
>
> If you want a program to run with privileges even though the user 
> running
>    it is not root, make root own the binary and set the suid bit:
>
>        # chown root.allegro exhello
>        # chmod 4770 exhello
>
> But when I try to chown as above, I got the following error
> chown: changing ownership of `gen_areas': Operation not permitted
>
> Is there a way I could get around this?
>
> Thank you very much for your help!
>
> Chao
>
>
>
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