> machines refuses to let anybody but root run ddd (graphical debugger > front end to gdb). On the other - anybody can run ddd. (And > this stays > the same even with profile and user home directory copied from one > machine to the other.) Wierd. > > I have checked and re-checked environments, file/device permissions, > etc. until I'm fed up. I even went so far :-) as to RTFM and > everything else I could find a second time. > > Any suggestions would be appreciated on this one. > When all else fails, run "strace ddd someloadmod" on the box which does not work. You will eventually execute a system call which comes back with a permission denied error code. That should point you to the problem. Bob Styma