[Pkg-games-ubuntu] [Bug 396428] Re: file permission problem hi scores

[Charlie Kravetz]

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changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem
may have been fixed with some of the updates. If you could test the
current Ubuntu development version or the final release version of
Xubuntu 9.10, this would help us a lot. If you can test it, and it is
still an issue, we would appreciate if you could upload updated logs by
running apport-collect 396428.


** Changed in: powermanga (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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file permission problem hi scores
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Status in “powermanga” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete

Bug description:
Binary package hint: powermanga

Base info:
Using Xubuntu 9.04 both regular and with "proposed" (two systems, both have the same issue).
Powermanga version: 0.90-dfsg-1
I expect the high scores to be updated after playing a game, but they do not. I think this causes it:

The files containing the high scores are only writeable by root. However, every normal user should be able to update the high scores.

The files are located in /var/games/powermanga/:
powermanga.hi
powermanga.hi-easy
powermanga.hi-hard

The "easy" one is used with `powermanga --easy` etc. Setting the files to "world writeable" causes the high scores to be updated as expected. Tested for long playing hours with both normal and easy mode ;)


FURTHER INFO:
There exists a group "games" of which the normal user account (the account I created during the Xubuntu installation) is NOT a member. I can imagine that people would want to restrict gaming possibilities and you could set the above files to be only writeable by group "games". However, that would  also cause the game to run less than optimal without tweaking.