Aw: RE: [Kwintv] [Bug 44443] Won't start first time after reboot unti l xawtv is run

[George Staikos]

On Monday September 30 2002 11:02, berndpier@nexgo.de wrote:
> thanx for your advise.
> could you be so kind to explain to me why chmod 4755. maybe this question
> is asked before a thousand times, but i only know chmod with letters as
> options like chmod +x or something like that. bernd

  Because it needs root permissions.  the 4 gives it root permissions if the 
owner is root.  It's the suid bit.

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George Staikos