Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:22:11 -0500 (EST) From: Agent Drek <drek@MonsterByMistake.Com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /var/tmp /usr/tmp curiosity Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001242311590.1675-100000@bunny.monsterbymistake.com> In-Reply-To: <20000125111546.E4775@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>
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|> Is this something that is just not done automagically?
|
|Yes.
|
good news indeed.
|> Does /usr/tmp need to exist?
|
|No. It's not part of the standard distribution; I can't imagine where
|it came from if you didn't create it yourself.
|
I have been told that a port at some point could have created /usr/tmp
for whatever reason it thought was good. I will investigate and report
back if I find such evil.
I know that I did not create the dir myself because I can't remember
off the top of my head how to chmod a 'tmp' directory and this one
had the correct permissions. Where did that man page go ...
--
<chmod 1777 /usr/tmp>-ly y'rs,
Agent Drek
Monster By Mistake Inc > 'digital plumber'
http://www.interlog.com/~drek
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