Thanks for the information. I edited the appropriate tripwire config file and had it use /var/tmp instead. Everything is working fine again. Should this behavior be filed as a bug against tripwire (if it hasn't already been done).
Paul On 25-Feb-98 Behan Webster wrote: > Paul Rightley wrote: >> >> Last night, tripwire -initialize failed on me because I (suddenly?) >> had no /usr/tmp directory. I swear I had one before. I made a >> new one and chmod'ed it to 1777, but what happened to the old >> directory? Does anyone have any ideas? > > You never actually had a /usr/tmp. It was a link to /var/tmp. The > latest base-files removed the link as it should no longer be necessary. > That link was for compatibility with older packages. Packages that > should have already been updated to use /var/tmp. > > I suspect you updated your packages to the latest available from hamm > yesterday? > > I didn't make the change, I just watch the announcement on debian-devel. > > Behan > > -- > Behan Webster mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1-613-224-7547 http://www.verisim.com/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
