problems with /tmp under 4.0.3

[Russ Poffenberger]

In article <3331 at brazos.Rice.edu> ndd at sunbar.mc.duke.edu writes:
>X-Sun-Spots-Digest: Volume 8, Issue 208, message 17 of 19
>
>We've just upgraded to 4.0.3, and we've been having a problem with /tmp
>changing mode from 777 to 775. this happens on multiple machines (3s and
>4s), and at seemingly random times, not necessarily just after a reboot.
>it does seem to only happen to machines that mount their root from a local
>disk. Has anyone seem this behaviour?  the hotline doesn't seem to know
>about it.


I have not had trouble with it just changing mode by itself, but I have
noticed with 4.0.3 that BOTH the mount point (the directory entry BEFORE
the partition is mounted) and the partition itself (after mounting) should
have the SAME file permissions, owner, and modes. I have seen WIERD things
happen when they have different modes. This may be your problem. Unmount
/tmp, and do chmod 777 /tmp, then mount it, and do chmod 777 /tmp again.

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