"V.Suresh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just wanted to experiment with partitions. So, created a 30 MB > partition, and modified /etc/fstab as > /dev/hda7 /tmp ext2 defaults 0 0 > > And rebooted. Now, mutt, lynx et al couldn't create tmp files, and won't > budge. What's wrong? I had to revert back, to put /tmp under / partition. > What's wrong with my setting? Help.
The root of the filesystem on /dev/hda7 probably has the wrong permissions. Mount it and 'chmod 1777 /tmp' (that'll give drwxrwxrwt). Note that the permissions on the mount point before you mount /dev/hda7's partition on top of it are not the same as the permissions afterwards. By the way, you don't need to reboot; all you need to do is type 'mount /tmp'. 'umount /tmp' (umount, not unmount) will unmount that partition again. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
