If it's actually changed the permissions on files how would a reboot be fixing it unless restarting the daemon is resetting the permissions on the file and directory.
I've just double checked the security setting and it is set at standard. Have you found a solution for this yet? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2002 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [vox-tech] not sure what to call it > I have a new install of Mandrake 8.2 and have been having problems that sound > somewhat similar. Everything works just fine and then suddenly all > functionality comes to a stop. Looking into these problems, I've found on at > least two occasions that they're due to permissions problems. > > What security level did you choose when you installed? Mandrake's security > system, msec, does permission checks on the whole filesystem and changes the > permissions to what it thinks they ought to be. So you can set them and come > back five minutes later and have them reset. If you're having problems like > those I've been having, it could be because some daemon suddenly loses the > ability to write a file in /tmp for example, or to write to a log file, or to > read a file it needs. > > Could this be the problem you're having? > > Aaron > > -- > ===================================================================== > Aaron King, Ph.D. http://two.ucdavis.edu/~aking > Dept. of Environmental Science & Policy mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > University of California Tel: 530/752 3026 > One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616 USA Fax: 530/752 3350 > ===================================================================== > _______________________________________________ > vox-tech mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech > _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
