Hello Edmund,

 Al>> I never run ./mystic -l as root. I suspect this is where
 Al>> permissions errors  come from.

 EW> Actually, I don't run it as root, but g00r00 mentioned that I should
 EW> try it to see if it makes any difference.

You should take g00r00's advice over mine.

This looks to me like a possible cause of permissions errors but I don't know 
what you and g00r00 have discussed.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

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