Unix “write” as normal user

25.06.2009

In case you get a “Permission denied” when trying to use the write command as a normal user on Unix, possibly the setuid bit is missing. Apparently this is the default setting on Debian Etch. Set it with:

# chmod u+s /usr/bin/write

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