[PLUG] /bin/loadkeys Runs Only As Root

[drew wymore]

I think Rich is using Slackware. Here's the bone stock defaults I have
running Slackware 11.0

drew at socrates:~/Shared$ ls -la /dev/console
crw------- 1 root tty 5, 1 2006-10-24 14:34 /dev/console


On 10/31/06, tonyr <tonyr at hevanet.com> wrote:
>
> Rich,
>
> I don't know whether or not this helps. I'm running Mandriva 2006 at the
> moment
> (haven't looked on my Ubuntu laptop yet). The* loadkeys* man page here
> says
> anyone having access to /dev/console can load keymaps. On this system,
> /dev/console shows
> *crw------- 1 tonyr root 5, 1 Oct 31 08:08 /dev/console
> *(owned by me). It's something to look at.
>
> - tony
>
> ##########################################
> Rich Shepard wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 31 Oct 2006, tonyr wrote:
> >
> >> Stupid and obvious suggestions/questions category: Does /bin/loadkeys
> >> work
> >> if you rename the file and run it manually from the command line? Are
> >> there any error messages produced if you run /bin/loadkeys on ~/.keymap
> >> from the command line? Is ~ expanding to what it should?
> >
> >
> > tony,
> >
> > If run as a user, then there are permission errors. If run by root, no
> > problem.
> >
> > However, /bin/loadkeys is world executable and that's why I don't
> > understand the errors and lost ability to properly run.
> >
> > Rich
> >
> _______________________________________________
> PLUG mailing list
> PLUG at lists.pdxlinux.org
> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
>