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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:15381 fj.os.386bsd:564 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14700 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4234 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.cac.psu.edu!news.pop.psu.edu!hudson.lm.com!news.galt.com!phred.ws.cc.cmu.edu!alex From: alex@pc.cc.cmu.edu (alex wetmore) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,fj.os.386bsd,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Subject: Re: log db: Permission denied. Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd,fj.os.386bsd,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.386bsd.misc Date: 26 Nov 1994 21:56:15 GMT Organization: Phred Networking Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3b8atv$eou@dagny.galt.com> References: <adammCzw8LM.MqE@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: phred.ws.cc.cmu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Adam Mitchell (adamm@netcom.com) wrote: > i just installed freebsd 2.0. whenever i log in as someone > other than "root" i cannot use any programs that write to > "/tmp". for instance, running "vi .cshrc" results in "log > db: Permission denied." How can I fix this? chmod 1777 /tmp gives permissions to everyone for /tmp and sets the sticky bit so people can't delete files belonging to others alex