Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2000 18:18:42 -0700 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> To: John Murphy <bigotfo@bigfoot.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TkDesk will not start as normal user Message-ID: <20000812181842.I28027@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> 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) Try doing in by logging is as john rather than su'ing from root. You might have some messed up environmental variables after a su. And just to be sure, what does, % ls -lL /tmp Return? -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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