On Tue, May 25, 1999 at 09:32:36PM +0200, moron wrote: > 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? >
chmod 1777 is the default. If your system changed somehow, then either a) there is a package somewhere that is screwed up (doubtful), b) you accidentally change it to the wrong perms, c) some other program you installed (from source or tar ball) has changed it.
