Re: [gentoo-dev] rc5 - /tmp has no sticky bit

[Collins Richey]

On Fri, 6 Jul 2001 21:56:55 -0600 Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 09:45:45PM +0000, Collins Richey wrote:
>
> > 2) old habits die hard - you forgot to set the sticky bit for /tmp, but chmod
> > 1777 /tmp did the trick.
>
> We have had the sticky bit set on /tmp (in the baselayout ebuild) for a very
> long time.  If your /tmp directory was created by the baselayout ebuild, then
> your sticky bit should have been set too.  Could you please try to track down
> the cause of this problem, as it isn't a simple case of us forgetting to set
> the sticky bit.
>

I did the following things.  Unfortunately I didn't check the permissions after each; only when Sylpheed failed to run as normal user:

1) Standard install from ISO except grub.  I use Lilo for everything.
2) emerged XFree
3) compiled my own kernel from a saved .config
4) Booted my reference Gentoo partition(R4), mounted necessary partitions (including R5), updated lilo.conf, and issued lilo.  Slso copied over my XF86Config-4 file. Unmounted all partitions except R4.
5) booted from R5 (lilo menu)
6) passwd to set root passwd
7) created /home/collins and adduser collins (group wheel)
8) Added collins to the wheel list in /etc/group and passwd collins to set the new password.
9) emerged sylpheed (losts of gnome stuff got brought in)
10) emerged XFCE
11) login as collins; then startxfce
12) sylpheed failed to start from run
13) issued sylpheed & from term; then I noticed the "bind: permission denied" message.
14) emerged netscape (su mode from term)
15) tried netscape, and it worked.
16) began researching bad permissions I encountered on R4; discoverd the problem with /tmp
17) chmod 1777 /tmp, and sylpheed worked.

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Collins Richey
Denver Area
Gentoo_rc5 XFCE