syslinux: possibly unsafe permissions for /tmp

Kerry Hoath kerry at gotss.net
Mon Nov 11 23:11:23 EST 2002


Permitions of /tmp should be 1777
i.e. world accessable sticky directory.
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 05:39:29PM -0500, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi all. I keep getting the error in the subject line whenever attempting
> to put Syslinux onto the floppy. As a result, it refuses to write
> ldlinux.sys. I have tried most if not all the viable combinations, and
> Syslinux still complains. Anyone know what permissions Syslinux espect on
> /tmp? I have not been able to determine this so far. Thanks!
> 
> May you code in the power of the source,
> may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you,
> throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch.
> 
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