7 Oct
2010
7 Oct
'10
1:52 a.m.
On Wed, Oct 06, 2010 at 04:46:44PM -0600, drew einhorn wrote:
After some more googling I found the solution and it wasn't obvious:
sudo chmod 1777 /tmp
This is the default value for /tmp. If your permissions were not set to this then somehow you managed to change them.
(cd src; tar cf - --xattrs .) | (cd dest; tar xf -)
A beginner SA mistake is to untar stuff into /tmp as root. This can change permissions on /tmp and break your system. Don't do it. It's not obvious and an easy to make mistake.
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rgds
Stephen