The t is the sticky bit. (Read up on it in any unix, or linux book.) http://linux.oreillynet.com/pub/a/linux/lpt/22_06.html
This will set the correct permissions on /tmp. chmod 1777 /tmp daniel wrote: > i've made this mistake of executing the following in the / directory: > > chmod 755 * > > oops > how do i put things back the way they were? > looking at another linux box i'm using, it looks like everything has those > permissions anyway save a few: > > /root rwxr-x--- > /lost+found rwx------ > /proc r-x------ > /tmp rwxrwxrwt > > what's the "t" at the end of tmp's permissions for? > how do i put it back? > > _________________________________ > daniel a. g. quinn > starving programmer > > when the missionaries came to africa they had the bible and we had the land. > they said "let us pray." we closed our eyes. when we opened them we had > the bible and they had the land. > - bishop Desmond Tutu > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
