On Wednesday 15 December 2010 15:41:25 meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> [10-12-15 15:40]: > > On Wed, 15 Dec 2010 15:13:31 +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > > > And this happens to any mountpoint I mount that device on regardless > > > of its perm settings before the mount > > > > With nothing mounted on it, the mount point's permission are those of the > > directory. As soon as you mount something on it, the mount point has the > > ownership and permissions of the root of the filesystem that you just > > mounted there. In the same way that the contents of the filesystem > > appear at the mount point, so does the metadata, so change the > > permissions after mounting. > > ...unfortunately (as root) > > cd /tmp > chmod 1777 . > > does not help...
I don't think you can change the permissions like that. Try: cd / chmod 1777 /tmp To remove the "s"-bits, try the following: cd / chmod u-s /tmp chmod g-s /tmp This, however, needs to be done while the "/tmp" filesystem is mounted. Otherwise you are only changing the mount-point (directory) not the actual filesystem. -- Joost
