Re: x11amp and 2.1.132 problem solved
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
27 Dec 1998 07:38:22 GMT
Followup to: <199812262304.SAA03685@rushlight.kf8nh.apk.net>
By author: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <allbery@kf8nh.apk.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> In message <Pine.LNX.4.04.9812261152590.280-100000@algonet.se>, Simon
> Ekstrand
> writes:
> +-----
> | unlink("/tmp/00255aaa/.") = -1 EPERM (Operation not permitted)
> | unlink("/tmp/00255aaa/..") = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> +--->8
>
> Right there I conclude that x11amp is broken. *That* is sloppy coding.
> (And I'm amazed that nobody's inadvertently run x11amp as root and tried to
> use a skin... kiss the system goodbye!)
>
Neither of those can do anything, (you can't unlink a directory in
Linux), but yes... something is seriously buggered.
-hpa
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