installpkg to user instead of root?

itz2000 · 05-05-2007, 06:07 AM

hello
I've done few minutes ago : installpkg amsn.....tgz (as root of-course), and it did installed amsn, but as root only!
now, how can I use amsn as regular user since amsn was installed (so it appears) only as root.
and I'm not going to use it as root... help?

acid_kewpie · 05-05-2007, 06:14 AM

in what way can't you use it? everyone should be able to... error messages?

ludist · 05-05-2007, 07:30 AM

Probably the ownership and the permission are wrong. What about ls -l /usr/bin/yourExecutable?

itz2000 · 05-05-2007, 08:41 AM

what's goin on ?! the chown wasn't working :S

Code:

root@WhiteCastle zuki #ls -l /usr/bin/amsn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2007-05-05 14:03 /usr/bin/amsn -> ../share/amsn/amsn
root@WhiteCastle zuki #chown zuki /usr/bin/amsn
root@WhiteCastle zuki #chown zuki /usr/share/amsn
root@WhiteCastle zuki #chown zuki /usr/share/amsn/*
root@WhiteCastle zuki #ls -l /usr/bin/amsn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2007-05-05 14:03 /usr/bin/amsn -> ../share/amsn/amsn

acid_kewpie · 05-05-2007, 11:14 AM

why chown anything??!?

itz2000 · 05-05-2007, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acid_kewpie

why chown anything??!?

to change ownership!?

do you suggest something wrong? are my elements are wrong? if so, correct me so I will do better.

thanks.

General Failure · 05-05-2007, 01:59 PM

It's normal that the file belongs to root and the permissions allow others to execute it. Maybe you should post the output of running amsn from a terminal. It's probably a missing library or something.

Eternal_Newbie · 05-05-2007, 02:22 PM

It might also be informative to run

Code:

ldd `which amsn`

itz2000 · 05-05-2007, 03:23 PM

I guess I didn't explain myself good enough.
There is not executable to regular user, but only the the root , you'll fully understand it from here :

Code:

zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #amsn
-bash: amsn: command not found
zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #ldd `which amsn`
which: no amsn in (/home/zuki/.progz/ActivePython-2.5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/www/htdig/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin:.)
ldd: missing file arguments
Try `ldd --help' for more information.
zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #su
Password:
Hello ROOT! I hope Zuki sent you, have a good day!
root@WhiteCastle ebooks #ldd `which amsn`
        not a dynamic executable

Valkyrie_of_valhalla · 05-06-2007, 03:26 AM

Hmm, doesn't seem like a permissions problem. More likely, you don't have /usr/bin in your path (which is a bit weird).

Try running it by the full path, aka "/usr/bin/amsn/" and it should work.

Also check the output of $PATH, and see if /usr/bin is there.

Try typing in:
PATH="$PATH:/usr/bin"
export PATH

acid_kewpie · 05-06-2007, 03:40 AM

well from the which output, it is in the path. what does "ls -l /usr/bin/amsn" say? also you have "." in your path... bad idea, you shouldn't have done that.

ludist · 05-06-2007, 04:06 AM

@Valkyrie: It DOES has have /usr/bin in his PATH.

((if amsn is an "official" package, possibly the problem is in your setup, not in the package))

Quote:

Originally Posted by itz2000

what's goin on ?! the chown wasn't working :S

Excuse me, I don't know what I was thinking about owner, only permissions are necessary to *investigate*, don't edit yet :-)

Quote:

root@WhiteCastle zuki #ls -l /usr/bin/amsn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2007-05-05 14:03 /usr/bin/amsn -> ../share/amsn/amsn

/usr/bin/amsn is a link. So, check the destination, not the link

root@WhiteCastle zuki #chown zuki /usr/share/amsn/*

Quote:

root@WhiteCastle zuki #ls -l /usr/bin/amsn

Check with ls -l /usr/share/ | grep amsn
and ls -l /usr/share/amsn/

itz2000 · 05-07-2007, 01:57 PM

here are answers for what you've posted ... I still need help :

Code:

zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #echo $PATH
/home/zuki/.progz/ActivePython-2.5/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/games:/opt/www/htdig/bin:/usr/lib/java/bin:/usr/lib/java/jre/bin:/opt/kde/bin:/usr/lib/qt/bin:/usr/share/texmf/bin:.
zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #/usr/bin/amsn
-bash: /usr/bin/amsn: Permission denied
zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #ls -l /usr/bin/amsn
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2007-05-05 14:03 /usr/bin/amsn -> ../share/amsn/amsn
zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #ls -l /usr/share/amsn/amsn
/bin/ls: /usr/share/amsn/amsn: Permission denied
zuki@WhiteCastle ebooks #su root -c "ls -l /usr/share/amsn/amsn"
Password:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 zuki users 9894 2006-11-30 01:42 /usr/share/amsn/amsn

acid_kewpie · 05-07-2007, 02:14 PM

ok well start by taking out the incorrect ownerships...

chown root:root /usr/share/amsn/amsn

and try again. but looking at it, you've no permission to read /usr/share/amsn. what does "ls -l /usr/share/" show about the propreties of the amsn directory?

itz2000 · 05-07-2007, 02:50 PM

Code:

drw-r--r--   8 zuki root   4096 2006-12-14 18:56 amsn