Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 05:26:00 +0100 From: "Rink Springer" <rink@springer.cx> To: "Christopher Farley" <chris@northernbrewer.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Weird /tmp issues Message-ID: <000e01c06198$22846880$020010ac@aurum> References: <20001208101547.A328@northernbrewer.com>
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Hi, Try chmod 1777 /tmp. You need the sticky(8) bit on the directory for it to work properly. --Rink ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Farley" <chris@northernbrewer.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:15 PM Subject: Weird /tmp issues > I have been trying to move /tmp off the / filesystem. This has been > causing some weird X11 problems... > > For example if I > > # mv /tmp /tmp.old > # mkdir tmp > # chmod 777 tmp > # reboot now > > I then have problems running startx! (The screen and keyboard shut > down, forcing me to reboot the system from another system.) > > If I move the old tmp directory back, the problem goes away. > > I assumed /tmp was temporary, and that you should be able to boot with > an empty /tmp no problem. > > Any ideas? > -- > Christopher Farley > Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105 > www.northernbrewer.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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