[K12OSN] can't launch 'sudo /usr/sbin/fl_teachertool' via desktop icon

Robert Arkiletian robark at gmail.com
Tue Feb 20 16:55:53 UTC 2007


On 2/20/07, Nadav Kavalerchik <nadavkav at gmail.com> wrote:
> i've had the same issue,
> try setting Group or Others execute permission bit on the file
> /usr/sbin/fl_teachertool
> ( i think that should do it )

This is odd, why should allowing others or group execute bit matter if
it's being run as root. My makefile sets the permissions to 754. If by
using sudo it's being run as root there should be no problem.
Sometimes I forget to put sudo in front of the fl_teachertool command.

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Robert Arkiletian
Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada
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