* [9fans] /tmp permissions? @ 2007-09-24 9:14 pavlovetsky 2007-09-24 9:47 ` Gabriel Diaz 0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread From: pavlovetsky @ 2007-09-24 9:14 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans Why would a program complain that it cannot create a file in /tmp, while /tmp is really my privite 'tmp' directory bound to the root? Could it be the filesystem permission nuances or program issues? ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] /tmp permissions? 2007-09-24 9:14 [9fans] /tmp permissions? pavlovetsky @ 2007-09-24 9:47 ` Gabriel Diaz 0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread From: Gabriel Diaz @ 2007-09-24 9:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 552 bytes --] hello the default profile ($home/lib/profile) binds your $home/tmp to /tmp, but if the former doesn't exist the bind fails and /tmp is not writable, running /sys/lib/newuser is a good idea when creating users as $home/tmp is not created by default afaik. gabi On 9/24/07, pavlovetsky@gmail.com <pavlovetsky@gmail.com> wrote: > > Why would a program complain that it cannot create a file in /tmp, > while /tmp is really my privite 'tmp' directory bound to the root? > Could it be the filesystem permission nuances or program issues? > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 887 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 2+ messages in thread
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