I have solved this. On transferring the system I created a mount point for /tmp with inappropriate permissions; 0755 instead of 1777. User "man", who runs the man program, had no write permission to /tmp.
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, George Karaolides wrote: > > Hi, > > After transferring my Debian potato 2.r3 from a single-disk initial > installation to a root-on-software-RAID system, the man pages no longer > work: > > earth:~# man bash > man: can't create a temporary filename: Permission denied > > What could be the cause of this? The remainder of the system appears to > be funcioning properly and providing all the configured services. > George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St., tel: +35 79 68 08 86 Strovolos, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nicosia CY 2057, web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus
