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From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To: Michael Knoll <knollm@lafcol.lafayette.edu>
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Subject: Re: X11 and /tmp
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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.

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