I'm trying to find my way around Debian (hamm) and see that a user cannot use man, which is refused permission to create a /tmp file. Changing permissions with >chmod a+w /tmp< from root solves the problem. (I tried creating a /tmp directory in my home directory but it didn't work.) It makes me wonder: a: If it's safe to do this, why is this not the default permission? b: If not, how does a user on a multi-user system (mine isn't) get to man without root rights? c: Should I do it another way?
David
