on Tue, May 22, 2001 at 11:12:35AM -0700, Heather ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> > I'd had problems dealing with PCMCIA support on my TuxTops 20U laptop,
> > reported here January 30.
> >
> > Characteristics were that running 'cardmgr' would produce the following
> > /var/syslog output:
> >
> > May 21 00:18:58 ego cardmgr[15743]: starting, version is 3.1.22
> > May 21 00:18:58 ego cardmgr[15743]: open_sock(socket 0) failed:
> > Permission denied
> > May 21 00:18:58 ego cardmgr[15743]: no sockets found!
> > May 21 00:18:58 ego cardmgr[15743]: exiting
> >
> > ...which had me stymied.
> >
> > So, I read the manpage *carefully* and note:
> >
> > At startup, cardmgr requires that /tmp reside on a
> > filesystem that permits special device files (i.e., a real
> > linux filesystem, that is not mounted "nodev").
> >
> > ...well, guess what yours truly had had for /tmp -- it's a modest
> > security precaution.
> >
> > Just checked -- it *is* possible to mount /tmp 'nodev' *after* cardmgr
> > is started, so all that's really required is to make sure the partition
> > (if any) is mounted 'dev' while cardmgr is launched.
>
> (script snipped)
>
> Does mounting /tmp nodev prevent X from creating sockets? If you intend to
> live in a command line world this may even be preferred, but I figured I'd
> point that out.
No, it doesn't. I've consistently mounted /tmp nodev for freakin' ages,
and it's never been an issue until now.
Incidentally, I had to add a short delay to the 'tmpmntrestore' function
to allow cardmgr to load properly. Two seconds appears to work, though
I may be experimenting with this over time.
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