Hi, Am 02.04.2017 um 20:34 schrieb James Cowgill: > Hi, > > On 02/04/17 18:31, Markus Koschany wrote: >> Am 02.04.2017 um 18:29 schrieb James Cowgill: >> [...] >>> The point is that no user should ever need to be a member of the games >>> group and I expect 99% of all users who want to run pyracerz are not. >> >> I don't see any problem here. This is certainly a better solution than >> making an arch:all game arch:any and my answer definitely did resolve >> the issue at hand. >> >>> By your argument, why does pyracerz's postinst contain code to make >>> pyracerz setgid? >> >> Probably because someone copied this code from another game that writes >> high score files to /var/games. > > Hmm so I see this patch is what moved the highscores to /var/games which > would fit with the setgid code being intentionally added: > https://sources.debian.net/src/pyracerz/0.2-8/debian/patches/misc.patch/ > > The bits of that patch (and the others) which move the config into > /var/games should be reverted. I still firmly believe that recommending > that users add themselves to the games group is wrong. > > James
Yes, that certainly is another solution for this issue and a good one too. I also don't see the need for a system-wide installation of the high-score file in case of pyracerz. But adding yourself to the games group on a single-user system is a trivial task and I can't see any harm in doing it. It is not the best solution but it definitely is not wrong. Please implement your proposed change. Markus
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