[Bug-freedink] Re: freedinkedit can't write in /usr/share/games/dink/dink/Hard.dat

[Sylvain Beucler]

> Hi Sylvain,
> 
> While I was preparing a new upload of freedink, I got this warning with
> freedinkeditor:
> 
> open("/usr/share/games/dink/dink/Hard.dat", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC,
> 0666) = -1 EACCES (Permission denied)
> write(2, "Couldn't save hard.dat: Permissio"..., 42Couldn't save
> hard.dat: Permission denied
> ) = 42

Hi,

This is because you're running the editor on the main game, which in
this case is installed site-wide but owned by root.

FreeDinkedit is most useful to edit D-Mod that you're creating
yourself (and reside in a writable location).

Cheers!

-- 
Sylvain