That's the /root/tmp directory that's listed, not /tmp. You're right,
/tmp should have 1777 permissions, but /root/tmp should be 700.
-Matt Stegman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, David Talbot wrote:
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, you wrote:
don't delete while running X server but you safely
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, you wrote:
don't delete while running X server but you safely delete them before
running X (and it's what we do in the initscripts).
What should the permissions be inside /root/tmp for X stuff ?
Mine looks like this...
[root: ~/tmp]# ll -d .
drwx--2 root
On 07 Jul 2000 12:11:04 -0700, you wrote:
Steve Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When I boot Mandrake 7.1, the run list says at one point "clean-up
/tmp". So /tmp is cleared out on every boot. /root/tmp is where the X
files are that you shouldn't delete.
yes right if you have the variable :
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
"Brian T. Schellenberger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It seems pretty obvious that they DIDN'T think about it.
i did the implementation of ''Clean up /tmp'' and i don't see what is
the problem ? you can have problem if you have a cron who delete the
.X* files
On Sat, Jul 08, 2000 at 11:05:17PM -0600, Steve Browne wrote:
On 07 Jul 2000 12:11:04 -0700, you wrote:
Steve Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When I boot Mandrake 7.1, the run list says at one point "clean-up
/tmp". So /tmp is cleared out on every boot. /root/tmp is where the X
files
"Brian T. Schellenberger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
X would not start.
*That* is the problem.
/tmp should contain only temporary files; it should be perfectly safe to
wipe out the entire contents of /tmp and reboot, but with 7.0 it is not.
what is the permission of your /tmp dir ? 1777
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
"Brian T. Schellenberger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
X would not start.
*That* is the problem.
/tmp should contain only temporary files; it should be perfectly safe to
wipe out the entire contents of /tmp and reboot, but with 7.0 it is not.
what is the
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, you wrote:
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Try it at
http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
Our own version of slashdotg
I emaild Chmouel. Maybe he'll deign to post in here their thinking on
that subject. :-) It
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, you wrote:
It seems pretty obvious that they DIDN'T think about it.
It's been fixed in 7.1 anyway, as I understand it.
Sort of. It's now in /root/tmp, instead of /tmp. *shrug*
John
Steve Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On 06 Jul 2000 11:21:29 -0700, you wrote:
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
? ok what is the question excatly i didn't followed the thread...
Thanks. :-) The question was why you folks put the stuff in /tmp and
later in /root/tmp that
"Brian T. Schellenberger" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
It seems pretty obvious that they DIDN'T think about it.
i did the implementation of ''Clean up /tmp'' and i don't see what is
the problem ? you can have problem if you have a cron who delete the
.X* files when X running but since it is only
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe a question for the cooker list? I don't really know how else to
direct a question to the Mandrake team.
Maybe, but I've had the distinct impression that some of the
Mandrake team hang out in this list apparently the ones who hang
out
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Try it at
http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
Our own version of slashdotg
I emaild Chmouel. Maybe he'll deign to post in here their thinking on
that subject. :-) It would be NICE if they'd use this mail list!
John
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, you wrote:
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe a question for the cooker list? I don't really know how else to
direct a question to the Mandrake team.
Maybe, but I've had the distinct impression that some of the
Mandrake team hang out in this list
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
? ok what is the question excatly i didn't followed the thread...
Thanks. :-) The question was why you folks put the stuff in /tmp and
later in /root/tmp that causes X to go bad when you delete it? You
we put nothing in /root/tmp only DrakConf has
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Try it at
http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
Our own version of slashdotg
I emaild Chmouel. Maybe he'll deign to post in here their thinking on
that subject. :-) It would be NICE if they'd use this mail list!
Have you tried re-creating this directory? sorry if you already stated
this in an earlier post. I don't have that one in my inbox any longer, but
it seems to me that would be the next logical step in the process.
I would think that /tmp would be an important part of the file system and
a server
On 06 Jul 2000 11:21:29 -0700, you wrote:
John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
? ok what is the question excatly i didn't followed the thread...
Thanks. :-) The question was why you folks put the stuff in /tmp and
later in /root/tmp that causes X to go bad when you delete it? You
we
The people on cooker have answers, but you just have to be careful not to
ask too many non-cooker related questions, I guess.
From: Chmouel Boudjnah [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
Date: 06 Jul 2000 11:22
Mark Weaver wrote:
Have you tried re-creating this directory? sorry if you already stated
this in an earlier post. I don't have that one in my inbox any longer, but
it seems to me that would be the next logical step in the process.
I would think that /tmp would be an important part of the
John Aldrich wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Try it at
http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
Our own version of slashdotg
I emaild Chmouel. Maybe he'll deign to post in here their thinking on
that subject. :-) It would be NICE if they'd use this mail list!
John
It
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
TEMP directory... :-)
John
Is it something that is overwritten at each
Oh, wait! When you `ls -ld /tmp` do the permissions read:
drwxrwxrwt
If not, `chmod 1777 /tmp`, which should fix your permissions. Try
starting X again.
-Matt Stegman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at
John Aldrich wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
TEMP directory... :-)
John
Is it something
Civileme wrote:
Michael Holt wrote:
Socket programming protocols basically form sockets for ONE task
and then destroy it. In this case, it appears to be needed at
boot time as the target of a symlink.
Civileme
Ok, that makes sense; which brings my next question, what
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Maybe a question for the cooker list? I don't really know how else to
direct a question to the Mandrake team.
Maybe, but I've had the distinct impression that some of
the Mandrake team hang out in this list apparently the
ones who hang out either don't
John Aldrich wrote:
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Maybe a question for the cooker list? I don't really know how else to
direct a question to the Mandrake team.
Maybe, but I've had the distinct impression that some of
the Mandrake team hang out in this list apparently the
ones
On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 05:28:56PM -0700, Mike Tracy Holt wrote:
I would like to add a question here if I may; I'm used to Windows where the
'temp' directory is for temporary stuff and should be dumped periodically.
What is the /tmp directory in *nix used for and why can't I delete it's
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff. And this "stuff" is
sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory. In 7.1 the use of
/tmp for these sockets has been discontinued. Now they use
/root/tmp which most people leave alone.
Has there ever been a
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff. And this "stuff" is
sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory. In 7.1 the use of
/tmp for these sockets has been discontinued. Now they use
/root/tmp which most
John Aldrich wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff. And this "stuff" is
sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory. In 7.1 the use of
/tmp for these sockets has been discontinued. Now they use
/root/tmp which most people leave alone.
Michael Holt wrote:
John Aldrich wrote:
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff. And this "stuff" is
sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory. In 7.1 the use of
/tmp for these sockets has been discontinued. Now they use
/root/tmp which
Socket programming protocols basically form sockets for ONE task
and then destroy it. In this case, it appears to be needed at
boot time as the target of a symlink.
Civileme
Ok, that makes sense; which brings my next question, what would be a
simpler term for 'socket programming
On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 08:20:54AM -0400, Thiessen David G DLVA wrote:
Like an idiot, I accidentally deleted my /tmp directory.
I recreated the directory, but after rebooting, X fails to
start. It seems to be stuck in an infinite loop trying to
start X or KDM.
I can boot into text mode
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 08:20:54AM -0400, Thiessen David G DLVA wrote:
Like an idiot, I accidentally deleted my /tmp directory.
I recreated the directory, but after rebooting, X fails to
start. It seems to be stuck in an infinite loop trying to
start
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Experts -
Like an idiot, I accidentally deleted my /tmp directory.
I recreated the directory, but after rebooting, X fails to
start. It seems to be stuck in an infinite loop trying to
start X or KDM.
I can boot into text mode fine.
What can I do to
I would like to add a question here if I may; I'm used to Windows where the
'temp' directory is for temporary stuff and should be dumped periodically.
What is the /tmp directory in *nix used for and why can't I delete it's
contents?
Thanks, Mike
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
On Tue, Jun
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
I would like to add a question here if I may; I'm used to Windows where the
'temp' directory is for temporary stuff and should be dumped periodically.
What is the /tmp directory in *nix used for and why can't I delete it's
contents?
Generally, it's exactly
John Aldrich wrote:
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
I would like to add a question here if I may; I'm used to Windows where the
'temp' directory is for temporary stuff and should be dumped periodically.
What is the /tmp directory in *nix used for and why can't I delete it's
contents?
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