Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!att!mcdchg!tellab5!nucsrl!accuvax.nwu.edu!anaxagoras!ils.nwu.edu!newton From: newton@ils.nwu.edu (David Newton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Object Orientated drawing progs Message-ID: <2027@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu> Date: 5 Oct 90 14:51:22 GMT References: <1061@tharr.UUCP> Sender: news@anaxagoras.ils.nwu.edu Reply-To: newton@ils.nwu.edu (David Newton) Lines: 23 In article <1061@tharr.UUCP>, steveh@tharr.UUCP (Steve Hamley) writes: |> |>I tried running the c source which was recently posted in alt.source |>which claimed to allow different .plan messages to be displayed as |>a result of finger for ex. Get an error message can't mknod: not |>owner. When looking at man for mknod is says that it can only be run |>as su. We are running bsd4.3 here any clues. Maybe this routine will |>run on suns but we are on a VAX. |> |>It's so funny that you would think we all are su . Is it him or is it me. |> |> Any clues or suggestions for work arounds |>would be helpful. |> |> |>Thanks. |> |>Mike Scanlon |>scanlon@interlan.interlan.com Okay, so maybe I'm completely stoned without even knowing it, but I'm afraid I just don't get it. Color me daft.