From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 6 2:58:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EA4814C4B for ; Wed, 6 Oct 1999 02:58:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.037 #1) id 11Ynne-0007SF-00; Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:55:54 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Jia-Huang Chen Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with Mergemaster In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 06 Oct 1999 02:44:31 EST." Date: Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:55:54 +0200 Message-ID: <28658.939203754@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 02:44:31 EST, Jia-Huang Chen wrote: > *** The directory specified for the temporary root environment, > /var/tmp/temproot, exists. This can be a security risk if untrusted > users have access to the system. > > Use 'd' to delete the old /var/tmp/temproot and continue > Use 't' to select a new temporary root directory > Use 'e' to exit mergemaster If I were you, I'd choose 'd' here. > *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to the > temproot environment If choosing 'd' to delete /var/tmp/temproot doesn't help, check the permissions on your /usr/src/etc and /var/tmp directories. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message