Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 10:45:05 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: John Murphy <bigotfo@bigfoot.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TkDesk will not start as normal user Message-ID: <20000813104505.C254@parish> In-Reply-To: <AsmVOYviHBc0qtX6%2B2azVveOxvx6@4ax.com>; from bigotfo@bigfoot.com on Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 11:10:27PM %2B0100 References: <AsmVOYviHBc0qtX6%2B2azVveOxvx6@4ax.com>
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On Sat, Aug 12, 2000 at 11:10:27PM +0100, John Murphy wrote:
> FreeBSD-4.1 Release, XFree86-4.0.1, TkDesk-1.2 pkg.
>
> I thought I'd be able to work this one out, but my investigations seem
> only to deepen my confusion.
>
> TkDesk starts fine if started by root, but as user john (wheel & network)
> no go. As root or as john su'd it creates a directory in /tmp as
> tkdeskPID where PID is the number of the tkdesk process.
> (/tmp is a symbolic link to /usr/tmp)
>
One thing to check; does /usr/tmp have the sticky bit set?
# ls -ld /usr/tmp
drwxrwxrwt 13 root wheel 2560 13 Aug 10:40 /usr/tmp
^
> User john can create a directory in /tmp but the owner is john whereas
> the directory is created as owned by root whenever TkDesk works.
>
> The message is (with tkdesk -debug):
> TkDesk: Couldn't create temp dir /tmp/tkdesk1105
> TkDesk: errmsg: couldn't create error file for command: permission denied
> TkDesk: Exiting
>
> Then I really got confused when I went to /var/db/pkg/tkdesk-1.2
>
> 114.chucky /var/db/pkg/tkdesk-1.2 # ll
> total 47
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 59 Jul 20 15:31 +COMMENT
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 45797 Aug 3 02:37 +CONTENTS
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 148 Jul 20 15:31 +DESC
> # vi +COMMENT
> ~
> ~
> ~ etc
> /tmp/vi.PUZx0d1063: new file: line 1
> ZZ'd out of there.
For filenames beginning with ``+'' with vi(1) you need to do ``vi
./+COMMENT'' as ``+'' is a synonym for ``-c'' (actually -c is a
synonym for +, but you get the point). See the -c option in the vi(1)
manpage.
>
> Same effect with ee and yet:
>
> # cat +COMMENT
> A graphical, highly configurable and powerful file manager
>
> # whoami
> root
>
> I always feel I've lost it when I ask my computer whoami!
:)
>
> TIA root.
>
>
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