Re: How to undo updates....
On Sat, 08 Oct 2011 12:58:29 -0400, Mark Neidorff wrote:
> On Saturday 08 October 2011 11:12:44 am mark@neidorff.com wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> This morning synaptic reported some 32 packages to update. So I
>> updated the packages. After the update I can no longer login (KDE) as
>> myself. I can login as myself in a terminal login. I can also login
>> as root under KDE (I understand the dangers).
>>
>> Now I would like to undo the changes that were made by synaptic so that
>> I can get back to a fully usable system. How do I find the changed
>> packages and undo the changes?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Mark
>
> It is a permission problem.
>
> #chmod 777 /var/tmp
>
> solves the problem. (whew!)
Wrong. The sticky bit should be set.
> (and, yes it was very important!)
Only to you. Please don't do that - it is considered discourteous.
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