Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:59:10 -0500 From: Martin McCormick <martin@dc.cis.okstate.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: I've Created a Permission Problem which Baffles Me. Message-ID: <200509132059.j8DKxAhn016922@dc.cis.okstate.edu>
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On this particular system, the /var and /var/tmp directories certainly look like they do on other FreeBSD systems that don't have this problem. Script started on Tue Sep 13 15:36:59 2005 bash-2.05b$ cd / bash-2.05b$ ls -ld var drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 512 Aug 31 14:44 var bash-2.05b$ ls -ld /var/tmp drwxrwxrwT 3 root wheel 512 Nov 11 2004 /var/tmp bash-2.05b$ cd /var bash-2.05b$ cd /var/tmp bash: cd: /var/tmp: Permission denied bash-2.05b$ exit exit Script done on Tue Sep 13 15:37:38 2005 For the life of me, everything looks like it should and like it does on other similar systems. I can even log in as me and cd to /var/tmp with no problem. If I su to the user ID whose shell the script was created in, however, /var/tmp is off limits which breaks vi. The userid in question is a normal UID and should have access to all the resources that any non-root user gets. Thank you for any help. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group
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