I've found the solution to my problem. The owner.group permissions on the /tmp directory were wrong. I've set this to rwxrwxrwt root.root. I looked at a RedHat Linux system and copied the attributes.
> ---------- > From: Carr, Daryl B.[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 8:23 AM > To: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' > Subject: adduser and permissions > > Hello, > I'm new to this list and to Debian Linux. > When I add a user with 'adduser', there seems to be a permission > problem. This manifests itself in various ways. Two significant ways > are: > 1) calling the 'mail' program I get the response: > "Bad address" > 2) calling the 'man' program I get the response > man: can't create a temporary filename: No such file or > directory > > Thanks for any help. > Daryl Carr > Monmouth College > Monmouth, IL 61462 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
