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Date:      Wed, 06 Oct 1999 11:55:54 +0200
From:      Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za>
To:        Jia-Huang Chen <jiachen@cs.indiana.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Problem with Mergemaster 
Message-ID:  <28658.939203754@axl.noc.iafrica.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Oct 1999 02:44:31 EST." <Pine.GSO.4.10.9910060241170.5771-100000@school.cs.indiana.edu> 

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On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 02:44:31 EST, Jia-Huang Chen wrote:

> *** The directory specified for the temporary root environment,
>     /var/tmp/temproot, exists. This can be a security risk if untrusted
>     users have access to the system.
> 
>   Use 'd' to delete the old /var/tmp/temproot and continue
>   Use 't' to select a new temporary root directory
>   Use 'e' to exit mergemaster

If I were you, I'd choose 'd' here.

>   *** FATAL ERROR: Cannot 'cd' to /usr/src/etc and install files to the
>       temproot environment

If choosing 'd' to delete /var/tmp/temproot doesn't help, check the
permissions on your /usr/src/etc and /var/tmp directories.

Ciao,
Sheldon.


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