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! > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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