[PLUG] Even root can't write to /tmp?!
Mark Martin
mmartin at u.washington.edu
Tue Dec 17 01:22:31 UTC 2002
Only root can set this attribute using the chattr command. See the man page
for details. Maybe your box was cracked after all, unless you can imagine a
context where you or some other authorized user might have accidentally set
it.
Mark
On Monday 16 December 2002 19:37, Phil Tomson wrote:
> Bingo. The 'i' attribute seems to b set for the /tmp dir. So how do I fix
> it? How could it happen?
>
> Phil--
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