Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[David Talbot]

On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > don't delete while running X server but you safely delete them before
> > running X (and it's what we do in the initscripts).
> 
> What should the permissions be inside /root/tmp for X stuff ?
> Mine looks like this...
> [root: ~/tmp]# ll -d .
> drwx------    2 root     root         2048 Jul  6 11:31 ./
> [root: ~/tmp]# ll *f
> -rwx------    1 root     root           28 Jun 17 16:33 DrakConfdrakboot4HYHxf*
> -rwx------    1 root     root           33 Jun 20 00:46 DrakConfdrakfontiYbkff*
> -rwx------    1 root     root           28 Jun 27 15:50 DrakConfharddrakehQtGjf*
> -rwx------    1 root     root           24 Jun 14 21:21 DrakConflinuxconfgnHUMf*
> -rwx------    1 root     root           33 Jun 17 16:29 DrakConfrpmdrake269juf*
> 
> Thanks... Dan.


For /tmp on a system you don't care if it's too insecure, chmod 777 * -R
-- 
-David Talbot
Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither. -B. Franklin