Did you perhaps restore from backup? If for example you use tar, permissions on files created (including /tmp) are affected by umask. Root's default umask is 022 which blocks out write permission for group and others. Two ways to avoid this are: set umask to zero before restoring or use the -p option on tar.
--Bob Rick Hawkins wrote: > > hmm. after putting my new pieces together, i've lost write permissions > in /tmp > > lyx can't create its temporary directory, emacs sometimes gets a > permission denied to make /tmp/emacsaaaa when sending mail, and exmh has > similar problems: > > error while autoloading "Cache_Init": can't create directory > "/tmp/.webtkcache": permission denied > while executing > > gee, I have lots of questions this week :) > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
