Small problem

Eric Koldeweij eric at no-sense.net
Thu Jul 18 15:11:10 EDT 2002


Hi,

I got the Linux MOHAA server up and running without problems. It is 
reachable, is announces and all. Perfect :)

Until I installed it on my game server.... For security reasons I run 
all my game servers under the user id "game". This user has no password 
assigned and (in this case important) has no home directory set.
When I run the linux server under that user it refuses to start at all. 
The log:

=============== snipsnipsnip ==============
bash-2.05$ ./mohaa_lnxded +set net_ip my.eye.pee +set net_port 12203 
+set dedicated 1 +exec map.cfg



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Warning: This is a beta version of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault.
Please report any bugs at: https://bugzilla.icculus.org/
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--- Common Initialization ---
Medal of Honor Allied Assault 1.11 linux-i386 Jul 15 2002
----- FS_Startup -----
Error: Unable to create directory "-/.mohaa", error is Permission denied(13)
=============== snipsnipsnip ==============

It tries to create a $HOME/.mohaa directory and it refuses to start 
without it. When a writable(!) home directory is assigned it does work 
without problem of course.
Want me to file an official bug report? ;)

Greetings,
Eric.





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