On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 14:07:37 -0600, tripolar wrote: > Thanks a million > both gnome & kde work now as regular user > Paul Morgan wrote: > >>/tmp should be owned by root and open to everyone: >> >>drwxrwxrwx 9 root root 4096 Nov 30 14:14 /tmp >> >>as root, do >>chown root:root /tmp >>chmod 777 /tmp >> >> >> >>
Great! BTW, One thing to look out for (not you specifically, but any reader in general): if one is breaking out filesystems into separate partitions, or copying filesystems (or LVs if you're using LVM), remember not only to copy the data *in* the old filesystem to the new, but also remember to set the permissions correctly on the new filesystem. For example: mount /dev/hdXX /mnt/new-usr cp -ax /usr/* /mnt/new-usr ls -ld /usr and chown, chmod /mnt/new-usr to match. Actually, one can set something like this automatically by doing mount /dev/hdXX /mnt/usr cp -ax /usr /mnt Then cp will copy the top-level /usr directory together with all its attributes. I only mention it because this is something I've forgotten a few times, and gdm, postgres, nntpcached and squid have all got pissed off with me :) -- ....................paul "The average lifespan of a Web page today is 100 days. This is no way to run a culture." Internet Archive Board Chairman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
