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Re: Error running X11: "mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied"?



On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 11:14:12AM -0400, KEVIN ZEMBOWER wrote:
> I've set up my first Debian X-Windows system recently. I've been able
> to log in as root and execute "startx" without a problem. When I try to
> log in as a normal user and run 'startx', I get "mkdtemp: private socket
> dir: Permission denied" in ~/.xsession-errors.

What are the permissions on /tmp? 'ls -ld /tmp' and 'ls -al /tmp' output
will help.

Cheers,

-- 
Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]


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