Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 21:07:38 +0000 From: Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: midnight commander silliness Message-ID: <20000205210738.A13648@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002052006440.29664-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002052006440.29664-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > I'm sure this is a trivial question, but i get frustrated when there > seems to be no reason for a problem. I finally removed winblows from > my system entirely, and reinstalled. Problem is, midnight commander > won't let me view files anymore unless i am root. When i hit F3 for > view, it says 'can't create temporary command file'. I belong in > groups wheel, network, operator, and my own group. I haven't rebooted > since changin the groups, but i don't know if that would make a > difference. Is there a file permission i missed somewhere? Are the permissions on /tmp or /var/tmp screwed? They should both be 01777. Or, if you have set TMPDIR, check the permissions on that directory. I don't know midnight commander at all, I'm just guessing from the mention of "temporary". -- Ben Smithurst / ben@scientia.demon.co.uk / PGP: 0x99392F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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