Re: /tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Sep-2000 Spinfire Magenta wrote: > on Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 01:57:55PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry sent 0.4K bytes > on their merry way: > >> No offense intended, but you should almost never have to reboot a >> Unix / Linux box. Simply change run levels, or stop and start the >> daemons run

Re: /tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread Spinfire Magenta
on Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 01:57:55PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry sent 0.4K bytes on their merry way: > No offense intended, but you should almost never have to reboot a > Unix / Linux box. Simply change run levels, or stop and start the > daemons running. > Reasons to reboot: > new kernel > a daem

Re: /tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > In summary, if /tmp is deleted, don't sweat it, just make sure to reboot. > (Cleanly. =) > No offense intended, but you should almost never have to reboot a Unix / Linux box. Simply change run levels, or stop and start the daemons running. Reasons to reboot: new kernel a daemon went nuts

Re: /tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread J.P. Larocque
On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 03:25:32PM -0500, Bryan K. Walton wrote: >I made a horrible mistake today. I accidentally deleted the /tmp >directory and its contents. (...) That *shouldn't* be a problem, as far as I know. Make sure the directories /tmp and /var/tmp exist, regardless if

Re: /tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread Andre Berger
"Bryan K. Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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, b

Re: /tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread Bryan K. Walton
Thanks to both Sean and Andre for the info about the permission on the /tmp directory. Gross oversight on my part, but my panic is gone. Thanks! Bryan

RE: /tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
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

/tmp got deleted! help

2000-09-07 Thread Bryan K. Walton
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