On 07-Sep-2000 Bryan K. Walton wrote: > Hello, > I made a horrible mistake today. I accidentally deleted the /tmp directory > and its contents. I quickly realized my mistake. I created it again (but > wasn't able to replace the contents of it). Now, I can start X as root, but > I can't start X as any other user. I can't find any errors anywhere. I have > tried replacing and deleting the user .xsession files and have tried startx, > wdm, and xdm, all to no avail. Can anyone explain to me what I blew away in > the /tmp folder and how can I replace or fix it? ( > I also made a new user and that user has the same problem as users that were > on the box before /tmp got blown away.) > Any help would be appreciated!!!
drwxrwxrwt 8 root root 2048 Sep 7 13:34 tmp notice the permisions. cd / chmod 1777 tmp chown root.root tmp should set you straight.
