On Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:58:22 +0000, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:49:43 -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > >> That almost sounds like you don't have write permission to $TMPDIR. >> Do you have any configuration that changes the value of $TMPDIR? (if >> you don't know about it you probably don't) What do the following >> commands output? >> >> ls -dl /tmp >> echo $TMPDIR >> >> Daniel > > Sure looks like it. Mounting lenny's root partition on /other on my > backup etch system, I get > > lovesong:/farhome/hendrik# ls -ld /other/tmp > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2007-12-31 10:05 /other/tmp > > This is about as wrong for /tmp as I imagine. (Well, no, I could > imagine it being a file, or a named pipe -- that would work worse) > > Easy to fix, once diagnosed. Will report back after I have a chance to > reboot. > > Thanks. How did you ever manage to think of this? > > -- hendrik
Works like a charm now. Thanks again. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
