Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2004 14:11:48 +0800 (MYT) From: Dinesh Nair <dinesh@alphaque.com> To: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> Cc: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> Subject: Re: acroread and xpdf problems Message-ID: <20040118140813.G98208-100000@prophet.alphaque.com> In-Reply-To: <200401151625.35774.algould@datawok.com>
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On Thu, 15 Jan 2004, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > On Thursday 15 January 2004 04:23 pm, Jonathan Chen wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 04:15:35PM -0600, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > > On Thursday 15 January 2004 04:12 pm, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:39:08PM -0600, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > > > > If I'm trying to open the pdf file as a normal user, I get the > > > > > following message: > > > > > > > > > > "There was an error opening this document. A temporary file could not > > > > > be opened." > > > > > > > > > > If I run acroread or xpdf as root, I can open the files fine. > > > > > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > > > Check the permissions on /tmp -- should be mode 1777. > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Matthew > > > > > > The permissions for /tmp are 1777 owned by root:wheel. > > > > What about /var/tmp? > > The same: 1777 owned by root:wheel. try running truss(1) on xpdf or acroread to check where exactly it's failing with write perms. Regards, /\_/\ "All dogs go to heaven." dinesh@alphaque.com (0 0) http://www.alphaque.com/ +==========================----oOO--(_)--OOo----==========================+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo "The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b." | | done; done | +=========================================================================+
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