Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 16:25:24 +0000 (GMT) From: Corey Brune <brune@sdf.lonestar.org> To: Christopher Farley <chris@northernbrewer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Weird /tmp issues Message-ID: <200012081625.eB8GPPQ01779@sdf.lonestar.org> In-Reply-To: <20001208101547.A328@northernbrewer.com> "from Christopher Farley at Dec 8, 2000 10:15:48 am"
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/tmp should be chmod'ed with 1777 for the sticky bit turned on. I am *think* the perms affect X. Try it out and see if this corrects the problem. Hope this helps!! Corey > 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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