Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:52:19 +0100 From: Miguel Mendez <flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> To: Brent Bailey <misterb@bmyster.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: permissions issue help ?!?! Message-ID: <20030107185219.5ce59092.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <1238.207.5.169.163.1041962590.squirrel@bmyster.com> References: <1238.207.5.169.163.1041962590.squirrel@bmyster.com>
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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,
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Miguel Mendez - flynn@energyhq.homeip.net
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