From: Dane.Beko@p1.f21.n300.z1.fidonet.org (Dane Beko) Subject: Mtools under 96c Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1992 04:36:56 -0800
I'm experiencing some problems using mtools under Linux .96c. I have
the /etc/mtools file configured, and the symbolic links to the mtools
binary. If I'm logged on as 'root', I can mdir, mcopy, etc. If I'm
logged as a normal user (50:50), I get the following error message.
$ mcopy /usr/spool/treasure.rep 'c:\robotmp\treasure.rep'
init: open: EPERM
Here are the listings for /usr/bin
/usr/bin
-rwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 70656 Mar 30 15:32 mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mwrite -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mdir -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mdel -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mcopy -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mcd -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mattrib ->
mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mformat ->
mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mlabel -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mtype -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mren -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mread -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mrd -> mtools
lrwxrwxrwx 1 bin bin 6 Jul 31 21:33 mmd -> mtools
drwxr-xr-x 2 bin bin 1504 Jul 31 22:48 .
drwxr-xr-x 12 root root 256 Jul 31 23:55 ..
The /etc/mtools file belongs to root:root but everyone has read/write
permission on it. I've also tried using 'chown bin:disk' on the mtools
binary as someone here suggested but it still doesn't work.
Also, anyone with a FidoNet address have the compiled 'od' binary
available for FREQ? Thanks.
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