"Eric Valette" <[email protected]> writes:

> Package: debian-installer
> Version: Debian Installer 14/11/2010
> Severity: important
> Tags: d-i
>
> I reinstalled a machine this week-end. The install base smootly worked.
> I created a separate /tmp file system that was monted but with wrong 
> permission.
> root.root 755. Visible effect is that kdm login loops as the X server does not
> manage to create some /tmp/ files.
>
> Doing a chmod 777 /tmp with file system monted solves the problem.

And leaves you wide open to all sorts of exploits:

drwxrwxrwt 11 root root 260 Nov 17 14:44 /tmp/
         ^ The "t" is important.

MfG
        Goswin



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