From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 7 10: 7:49 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5ECF037B405 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:07:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from east.ath.cx (catv-50622a7a.nyircatv.broadband.hu [80.98.42.122]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69FF543EA9 for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:07:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from witch@kronos.HomeUnix.com) X-Complaints-To: abuse@kronos.homeunix.com X-SMTP-Authenticated: CRAM-MD5 X-Message-Flag: Ditch the crappy mail client and get a real one! Received: from slave.kronos.homeunix.com (0d6b0rz40zfodep1@slave.kronos.homeunix.com [10.1.1.1]) (authenticated bits=0) by east.ath.cx (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h07I7fRI093799 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:07:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from witch@slave.east.ath.cx) Received: from slave.east.ath.cx (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by slave.kronos.homeunix.com (8.12.7/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h07I7f0H044889 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:07:41 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from witch@slave.east.ath.cx) X-Authentication-Warning: slave.east.ath.cx: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] claimed to be slave.east.ath.cx Received: (from witch@localhost) by slave.east.ath.cx (8.12.7/8.12.6/Submit) id h07I7ark044821; Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:07:36 +0100 (CET) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 19:07:36 +0100 (CET) From: Andrew Prewett Reply-To: Andrew Prewett To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: permissions issue help ?!?! In-Reply-To: <1238.207.5.169.163.1041962590.squirrel@bmyster.com> Message-ID: <20030107185853.H51290@slave.east.ath.cx> References: <1238.207.5.169.163.1041962590.squirrel@bmyster.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Today Brent Bailey wrote: > Hello, Im using FBSD 4.6 R.... i recently installed something (i dont > know what ) that changed the permissions on my /tmp directory.making > things like mysql & php and other programs not function correctly. > > as things are now on the broken box the permissions are: > drwx------ root wheel /tmp > > I have another FBSD box thats working fine ..and the permissions on its > /tmp dir are:drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp > > now to restore the permissions on the broken box ..i did > #chmod 777 /tmp > > however im not sure how to get the "t" on the permissions back (im not > even sure what the "t" means) it's a sticky bit in a directory with the `sticky bit' set, only the file owner and the user (process) with root privileges can unlink the file. > Can anyone tell me how to get the permissions back to: > drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp ??? chmod 41777 /tmp -andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message