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Date:      Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:24:55 -0600
From:      Hari Bhaskaran <subscr@poecilotheria.netmails.net>
To:        Brent Bailey <misterb@bmyster.com>
Cc:        flynn@energyhq.homeip.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: permissions issue  help ?!?!
Message-ID:  <20030107182455.GA6346@poecilotheria.netmails.net>
In-Reply-To: <1248.207.5.169.163.1041964025.squirrel@bmyster.com>
References:  <1238.207.5.169.163.1041962590.squirrel@bmyster.com> <20030107185219.5ce59092.flynn@energyhq.homeip.net> <1248.207.5.169.163.1041964025.squirrel@bmyster.com>

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On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 01:27:05PM -0500, Brent Bailey wrote:
> 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,

It is created by mysql when you start mysql. You just have to run/start mysql
server again 

> 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!
> 
> 
> 
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