> > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:51:12 -0500 > From: George Toft > To: PLUG Discuss > Subject: Calling all bigots > Reply-To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > My wife's shiny new computer, with Windows XP preloaded, had to > be rebooted this weekend after an appalling 60 days of uptime. > Look out Linux, it looks like Microsoft is on to something. Now > all I have to do is figure out how my son can play his games > without being an administrator. > > George > Put the games in /bin or /usr/local/games "man chmod" should give you the info you need for getting other users to the files (generally the executable file). then in your /home/whoever/games dir make a symbolic link to the game in /bin or /usr/local/games I pretty much use /usr/local for games I want to be accessed across my LAN (when I finally configure it) but use /bin if you want to. Some people put only system utilities in /usr/local and games and other stuff in /bin. Whatever floats your boat, your the admin. Craig S.