Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:27:05 -0500 (EST) From: Brent Bailey <misterb@bmyster.com> To: <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> Cc: <misterb@bmyster.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: permissions issue help ?!?! Message-ID: <1248.207.5.169.163.1041964025.squirrel@bmyster.com> In-Reply-To: <20030107185219.5ce59092.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> References: <1238.207.5.169.163.1041962590.squirrel@bmyster.com> <20030107185219.5ce59092.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net>
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Awesome....thanx for your help... i have one other one for ya ...if your up to it .. for whatever reason ...a file that was in the /tmp dir is missing its a file that mysql used called "mysql.sock=" it had permissions like srwxrwxrwx mysql wheel mysql.sock= any thoughts ?? Im sure i need this for mysql to work...i would hate to have to reinstall mysql,,,Thanx again for you help, Brent > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:03:10 -0500 (EST) > Brent Bailey <misterb@bmyster.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > >> I have another FBSD box thats working fine ..and the permissions on >> its/tmp dir are:drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp >> >> now to restore the permissions on the broken box ..i did >> #chmod 777 /tmp > > What you want is chmod 1777 /tmp > >> however im not sure how to get the "t" on the permissions back (im >> not even sure what the "t" means) > > t is the sticky bit, it means that files and directories created inside > /tmp are owned by whoever creates them. See man 8 sticky for detailed > info. > > Cheers, > -- > Miguel Mendez - flynn@energyhq.homeip.net > GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt > EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk > Of course it runs NetBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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