Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 16:15:35 -0600 From: "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: acroread and xpdf problems Message-ID: <200401151615.35683.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <20040115221226.GA50453@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <200401151539.08194.algould@datawok.com> <20040115221226.GA50453@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Thursday 15 January 2004 04:12 pm, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:39:08PM -0600, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > > If I'm trying to open the pdf file as a normal user, I get the following > > message: > > > > "There was an error opening this document. A temporary file could not be > > opened." > > > > If I run acroread or xpdf as root, I can open the files fine. > > > > Any ideas? > > Check the permissions on /tmp -- should be mode 1777. > > Cheers, > > Matthew The permissions for /tmp are 1777 owned by root:wheel. Thanks, Andrew
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