Re: permissions issue help ?!?!
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:03:10 -0500 (EST) Brent Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have another FBSD box thats working fine ..and the permissions on its/tmp dir are:drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp now to restore the permissions on the broken box ..i did #chmod 777 /tmp What you want is chmod 1777 /tmp however im not sure how to get the t on the permissions back (im not even sure what the t means) t is the sticky bit, it means that files and directories created inside /tmp are owned by whoever creates them. See man 8 sticky for detailed info. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk Of course it runs NetBSD! msg14587/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: permissions issue help ?!?!
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:52:19 +0100 Miguel Mendez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: t is the sticky bit, it means that files and directories created inside/tmp are owned by whoever creates them. See man 8 sticky for detailed info. I've realized just after pressing send that this is not what I meant to say, but the man page explains it in detail. /me loads coffee :) Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk Of course it runs NetBSD! msg14588/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: permissions issue help ?!?!
Today Brent Bailey wrote: Hello, Im using FBSD 4.6 R i recently installed something (i dont know what ) that changed the permissions on my /tmp directory.making things like mysql php and other programs not function correctly. as things are now on the broken box the permissions are: drwx-- root wheel /tmp I have another FBSD box thats working fine ..and the permissions on its /tmp dir are:drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp now to restore the permissions on the broken box ..i did #chmod 777 /tmp however im not sure how to get the t on the permissions back (im not even sure what the t means) it's a sticky bit in a directory with the `sticky bit' set, only the file owner and the user (process) with root privileges can unlink the file. Can anyone tell me how to get the permissions back to: drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp??? chmod 41777 /tmp -andrew To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: permissions issue help ?!?!
Awesomethanx for your help... i have one other one for ya ...if your up to it .. for whatever reason ...a file that was in the /tmp dir is missing its a file that mysql used called mysql.sock= it had permissions like srwxrwxrwx mysql wheelmysql.sock= any thoughts ?? Im sure i need this for mysql to work...i would hate to have to reinstall mysql,,,Thanx again for you help, Brent On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:03:10 -0500 (EST) Brent Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have another FBSD box thats working fine ..and the permissions on its/tmp dir are:drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp now to restore the permissions on the broken box ..i did #chmod 777 /tmp What you want is chmod 1777 /tmp however im not sure how to get the t on the permissions back (im not even sure what the t means) t is the sticky bit, it means that files and directories created inside /tmp are owned by whoever creates them. See man 8 sticky for detailed info. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk Of course it runs NetBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: permissions issue help ?!?!
- Original Message - From: Brent Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 7:03 PM Subject: permissions issue help ?!?! however im not sure how to get the t on the permissions back chmod 1777 There, all done. :) (im not even sure what the t means) It is the sticky bit; see man chmod. - Mark System Administrator Asarian-host.org --- If you were supposed to understand it, we wouldn't call it code. - FedEx To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: permissions issue help ?!?!
ehhehe i hear ya ... its all good I appreciate your help much Brent On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 18:52:19 +0100 Miguel Mendez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: t is the sticky bit, it means that files and directories created inside/tmp are owned by whoever creates them. See man 8 sticky for detailed info. I've realized just after pressing send that this is not what I meant to say, but the man page explains it in detail. /me loads coffee :) Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk Of course it runs NetBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: permissions issue help ?!?!
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 01:27:05PM -0500, Brent Bailey wrote: Awesomethanx for your help... i have one other one for ya ...if your up to it .. for whatever reason ...a file that was in the /tmp dir is missing its a file that mysql used called mysql.sock= it had permissions like srwxrwxrwx mysql wheelmysql.sock= any thoughts ?? Im sure i need this for mysql to work...i would hate to have to reinstall mysql,,,Thanx again for you help, It is created by mysql when you start mysql. You just have to run/start mysql server again Brent On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 13:03:10 -0500 (EST) Brent Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have another FBSD box thats working fine ..and the permissions on its/tmp dir are:drwxrwxrwt root wheel /tmp now to restore the permissions on the broken box ..i did #chmod 777 /tmp What you want is chmod 1777 /tmp however im not sure how to get the t on the permissions back (im not even sure what the t means) t is the sticky bit, it means that files and directories created inside /tmp are owned by whoever creates them. See man 8 sticky for detailed info. Cheers, -- Miguel Mendez - [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG Public Key :: http://energyhq.homeip.net/files/pubkey.txt EnergyHQ :: http://www.energyhq.tk Of course it runs NetBSD! To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: permissions issue help ?!?!
you need to stop and restart mysql usually: /usr/local/etc/rd.d/mysql-server.sh stop /usr/local/etc/rd.d/mysql-server.sh start ymmv -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brent Bailey Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: permissions issue help ?!?! Awesomethanx for your help... i have one other one for ya ...if your up to it .. for whatever reason ...a file that was in the /tmp dir is missing its a file that mysql used called mysql.sock= it had permissions like srwxrwxrwx mysql wheelmysql.sock= any thoughts ?? Im sure i need this for mysql to work...i would hate to have to reinstall mysql,,,Thanx again for you help, Brent To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
