Date: Tue, 11 Nov 1997 02:00:16 -0600 (CST) From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Michael Knoll <knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11 and /tmp Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971111015755.28678D-100000@shell.futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.32.19971111000527.009999f0@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
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On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Michael Knoll wrote: > I moved my /tmp directory to /usr/tmp, and I failed to copy the > permissions. I noticed on a friends BSD box the permissions are set up as > drwxrwxrwt. How do I set the t? What does it man? t is the sticky bit, which means that even though everyone has write permissions, people can only delete files they own. Set it like: chmod 1777 tmp > Also, I installed X11, and started XDM in a script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. > When it runs, the server(SVGA_???) goes up to 97% cpu time, and I can't log > in locally. But, remote connections work, but I lose CPU clocks. > > If I start XDM from a shell as root, it all works fine. > > Where should I be automatically starting xdm on boot? Your entry should look like this: xdm sleep 2 > Thanks > > Michael This belongs on -quuestions, redirected there. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| * fullermd@futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
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