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Date:      Sat, 9 Dec 2000 05:26:00 +0100
From:      "Rink Springer" <rink@springer.cx>
To:        "Christopher Farley" <chris@northernbrewer.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Weird /tmp issues
Message-ID:  <000e01c06198$22846880$020010ac@aurum>
References:  <20001208101547.A328@northernbrewer.com>

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Hi,

Try chmod 1777 /tmp. You need the sticky(8) bit on the directory for it to
work properly.

--Rink

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Farley" <chris@northernbrewer.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 5:15 PM
Subject: Weird /tmp issues


> I have been trying to move /tmp off the / filesystem. This has been
> causing some weird X11 problems...
>
> For example if I
>
> # mv /tmp /tmp.old
> # mkdir tmp
> # chmod 777 tmp
> # reboot now
>
> I then have problems running startx! (The screen and keyboard shut
> down, forcing me to reboot the system from another system.)
>
> If I move the old tmp directory back, the problem goes away.
>
> I assumed /tmp was temporary, and that you should be able to boot with
> an empty /tmp no problem.
>
> Any ideas?
> --
> Christopher Farley
> Northern Brewer / 1150 Grand Avenue / St. Paul, MN 55105
> www.northernbrewer.com
>
>
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