Re: /tmp got deleted! help
"Bryan K. Walton" <walton@berbee.com> writes:
> Hello,
> I made a horrible mistake today. I accidentally deleted the /tmp directory and its contents. I quickly realized my mistake. I created it again (but wasn't able to replace the contents of it). Now, I can start X as root, but I can't start X as any other user. I can't find any errors anywhere. I have tried replacing and deleting the user .xsession files and have tried startx, wdm, and xdm, all to no avail. Can anyone explain to me what I blew away in the /tmp folder and how can I replace or fix it? (I also made a new user and that user has the same problem as users that were on the box before /tmp got blown away.)
> Any help would be appreciated!!!
>
> Thanks,
> Bryan Walton
As I understand it, /tmp/ must be owned by root.root, permissions
41777. An easy way to fix this is mc's chmod: tag everything but the
first two fields (user and group ID on execution).
-- Andre
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