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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:15385 fj.os.386bsd:566 comp.os.386bsd.questions:14717 comp.os.386bsd.misc:4240 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!startide.ctr.columbia.edu!wpaul From: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu (Bill Paul) 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 21:54:47 GMT Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3b8ar7$2mf@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> References: <adammCzw8LM.MqE@netcom.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: startide.ctr.columbia.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Daring to challenge the will of the almighty Leviam00se, Adam Mitchell (adamm@netcom.com) had the courage to say: : 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? : thanks! : adam mitchell : -- : adamm@netcom.com Log in as root and do the following: % chmod 1777 /tmp % chmod 1777 /var/tmp (<- just to be safe) -- -Bill Paul wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu