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root can't view manpages



For some reason, root cannot view manpages.  If I type "man ls" as root,
I get the following:

man: can't create a temporary filename: Permission denied

It works fine as an ordinary user.  I did an strace on the command, but
I'm not sure what to make of it.  I've included the output below.  If
anyone could take a look and give me some suggestions, I would really
appreciate it.

Thanks,
Brian
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Brian J. Stults
Doctoral Candidate
Department of Sociology
University at Albany - SUNY
Phone: (518) 442-4652  Fax: (518) 442-4936
Web: http://www.albany.edu/~bs7452



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