[SLE] Permissions on the /tmp directory?
Greetings! I just recently picked up a Seagate Cheetah 4GB SCSI hard drive for $75 from a co-worker. I created a /scsi1 mount point for the hard drive and a /scsi1/tmp directory, moved the current contents of the /tmp directory to /scsi1/tmp, and created a symbolic link on the root partition for /tmp to point to /scsi1/tmp. I was curious to notice that the old /tmp directory had the following permissions: drwxrwxrwt. (I presume that the "t" is the sticky bit.) Do I need this particular permission on the symbolic link? How do I set it? Thanks! Christopher Reimer -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
Hi, On Sat, Apr 01 2000 at 16:35 -0800, Christopher D. Reimer wrote:
point to /scsi1/tmp. I was curious to notice that the old /tmp directory had the following permissions: drwxrwxrwt. (I presume that the "t" is the sticky bit.)
Do I need this particular permission on the symbolic link? How do I set it?
You'd have a hard time trying it ;-) It's impossible to set permissions of a symbolic link because they don't matter anyway. The owner/group/permissions of the file the link points to are what counts. Make sure your new tmp directory has owner and group set to root and permissions to drwxrwxrwt and you're set. Ciao, Stefan -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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