severe bug:Failure to start X related to /tmp permissions
OK, I finally figured out what the cause, possibly, of my problem I've
been struggling with over several postings/days here.
The problem is that I have been unable to login via xdm/XFree as a
regular user. Root is OK.
The answer/clue is in the ~/.xsession-errors file.
It's also related to a increasing number of errors I am having.
~/.xsession-errors:
mkdtemp: private socket dir: Permission denied
'man man'
man: can't create a temporary filename: Permission denied
ls -l /:
drwxr-xr-x root root tmp
This is the problem.
It's an extremely severe bug.
Settings that might have influenced this:
Users cannot view each others $HOME directory
'man' is not setuid man
Other than this, I do not recall any events during the installation that
were related to security.
Actions:
How do I fix this appropriately?
To which package to I submit a bug report?
How do I find this package if not known?
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