On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 09:33:57AM +1100, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Peter" == Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Peter> Oh... even better idea: bootmisc.sh could check for the > Peter> existence of /tmp/.X11-unix before cleaning out /tmp. If > Peter> it exists, then it is recreated with mode 1777 > > This would be better. However, it still doesn't solve the initial > problem I had where the previous user still owned /tmp/.esd/socket, > denying me access ;-(. (unless you reboot...).
Hmm, I don't use esd. I don't know if there is a way around this problem or not. Could you have esd started by root at boot time so everybody could use it, or else have per-user sockets? -- #define X(x,y) x##y DUPS Secretary ; http://is2.dal.ca/~dups/ Peter Cordes ; e-mail: X([EMAIL PROTECTED] , dal.ca) "The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish the hours! Confound him, too, who in this place set up a sundial, to cut and hack my day so wretchedly into small pieces!" -- Plautus, 200 BCE
