From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Dec 8 8:26:16 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 8 08:26:14 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from minerva.springer.cx (cgmd77002.chello.nl [212.83.77.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2CC9337B400 for ; Fri, 8 Dec 2000 08:26:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 33279 invoked from network); 8 Dec 2000 17:24:39 -0000 Received: from aurum.rinkspringer.org (HELO aurum) (172.16.0.2) by minerva.springer.cx with SMTP; 8 Dec 2000 17:24:39 -0000 Message-ID: <000e01c06198$22846880$020010ac@aurum> From: "Rink Springer" To: "Christopher Farley" , References: <20001208101547.A328@northernbrewer.com> Subject: Re: Weird /tmp issues Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2000 05:26:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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" To: 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