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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2708

Today's Topics: 

  Re: When I try to save html pages, n  [ tom arnall  ]
  Re: alsaconf and printing             [ Ed  ]
  Re: Re: digital pictures: reordering  [ "H. S."  ]
  Re: When I try to save html pages, n  [ Andrew Sackville-West  ]
  Re: Tool to configure sound           [ Charlie  ]
  Re: creative zen management with com  [ cs  ]
  Re: Tool to configure sound           [ Richard Lyons  ]
  Re: When I try to save html pages, n  [ Richard Lyons 

Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:36:01 -0700


From: tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: When I try to save html pages, nothing happens
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On Monday 29 October 2007 16:03, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:

> Argh!!
>
> On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 03:35:13PM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > On Monday 29 October 2007 14:53, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 02:19:04PM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > > > 	Reading changelogs... Done
> > > > 	Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-kloro" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid
> > > > 0. Link points to "/var/tmp/kdecache-rootcohchy"
> > > > 	Error: "/tmp/kde-kloro" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid 0.
> > > > 	Link points to "/tmp/kde-root"
> > > > 	Error: "/tmp/ksocket-kloroyr3bC5" is owned by uid 1000 instead of
> > > > uid 0. Link points to "/tmp/ksocket-root"
> > > > 	Error: "/var/tmp/kdecache-kloro" is owned by uid 1000 instead of uid
> > > > 0. Link points to "/var/tmp/kdecache-rootcohchy"
> > > > 	apt-listchanges: Do you want to continue? [Y/n]?
> > >
> > > what are the perms of /var itself and its subdirs?  mine looks like
>
>                          ^^^^^
>
> /var not /tmp
>
> > > anything under /var/tmp should be owned by root (UID 0), and not you
>
>                   ^^^^^^^^^
>
> /var/tmp not /tmp
>
> > did a chown -R on var/tmp. then started ff and got some error messages.
> > session as follows:
>
> no. you chown'ed /tmp which is not /var/tmp. And, *look* at /var
> *first* to see if it matches what I posted.
>
> don't panic though, there is (or should not be) anything persistent in
> /tmp, so it will fix itself up with a reboot.
>
> meanwhile look at
>
> /var permissions for potential problems. In particular, /var/tmp
> should have the sticky bit set. Maybe you could post up the output of
>
> ls -ld /var
>
> and
>
> ls -l /var
>
> thanks
>
> A

Andy,



thanks for your patience. can it be old age? ;o) at any rate:


Do you need help?X

kloro@debian:/$ ls -ld /var


drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 360 2005-12-19 03:45 /var/
kloro@debian:/$ ls -l /var


total 11

drwxr-xr-x  2 kloro root   768 2007-08-29 06:38 backups/
drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root   528 2007-02-16 11:38 cache/
drwxr-xr-x  3 kloro root  3800 2007-01-12 14:49 games/
drwxr-xr-x 61 kloro root  1576 2007-09-25 10:49 lib/
drwxrwsr-x  2 kloro staff   48 2004-12-15 14:55 local/
drwxrwxrwt  4 kloro root    96 2007-10-30 10:47 lock/
drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root  2960 2007-10-30 10:47 log/
drwxrwsr-x  2 kloro mail   144 2007-10-30 12:08 mail/
drwxr-xr-x  2 kloro root    48 2005-12-19 02:57 opt/
drwxr-xr-x 18 kloro root  1080 2007-10-30 10:48 run/
drwxr-xr-x 12 kloro root   328 2007-05-26 14:21 spool/


drwxrwxrwt  8 root  root   264 2007-10-30 11:02 tmp/
drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root  1696 2007-07-26 15:34 www/



after doing 'sudo chown -R root /var/tmp', i get:



kloro@debian:/$ ls -l /var/tmp


total 0

drwx------ 8 root  kloro 256 2007-10-29 17:53 kdecache-kloro/
drwx------ 3 kloro kloro 128 2007-10-30 11:04 kdecache-kloro7k3iRa/
drwx------ 5 root  root  176 2006-01-29 16:10 kdecache-root/
drwx------ 4 root  root  152 2007-10-02 17:11 kdecache-rootcohchy/

Do you need more help?X

drwx------ 6 root  root  200 2007-02-03 13:52 kdecache-rootKvAh16/


drwxrwxrwt 2 root  root   48 2005-12-19 02:58 vi.recover/
kloro@debian:/$



but firefox still won't save stuff unless i start it with 'sudo'.



aren't the permissions in '/var/tmp' a little weird? 



thanks,



tom


Can we help you?X

Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 19:32:51 -0000


From: Ed <doyleed@gmail.com>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: alsaconf and printing

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>=20
> To test your ability to access the SMB-shared printer, run this command
> on the client machine:
>=20
> smbclient -U USER -L //HOST
>=20
> This will list all SMB-shares (folders, printers, etc.) which USER can
> access on HOST. (You will be prompted for USER's password on HOST.)
>=20
>=20


When I issue the above command from either the host machine that the=20
printer is connect to, OR the Debian machine that I have been trying to=20
get working, I get back an error message session setup failed:=20
NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE --- yet the linux machine that the printer is=20
connected to prints fine, AND the two windows laptops print fine through=20
the linux samba server.  However, I suppose I have something wrong in my=20
smb.conf file.




Ed



Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:20:04 -0400


From: "H. S." <hs.samix@gmail.com>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Cc: "Herb Mann" <herbmann@kingwoodcable.net>
Subject: Re: Re: digital pictures: reordering and renaming (in a different way)
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On 10/30/07, Herb Mann <herbmann@kingwoodcable.net> wrote:

>
>  Sorry, to bother you, but on a forum you wrote that you can rearrange
> images in XP via Drag and Drop. What program within XP are you using? This
> is precisely what I have been looking for.
>
Can't find what you're looking for?X

I just used Windows explorer to do so.



Assume you want a bunch of images to be rearranged and renamed
GreatVacation(101).jpg (the first image is 101, next 102 and so on).



Based on memory, here are the steps I followed:
1. Open of the folder containing the pictures and arrange all your pics by
dragging and dropping them in the order you want.

2. Select the images that you want renamed sequentially.
3. Select the "Rename" option by right clicking on the *first image*.
4. The name of the file will become editable. Enter the name of you want and


the number you want the first file to be. In our example, we would type:
GreatVacation (101).jpg



Note the space before the first parenthesis. The space and parenthesis, both
are necessary.



5. Press Enter. The files will be renamed. If you make a mistake, I think
you can just click Undo from the menu at the top of the window and repeat
the process.



Now, what number to use in the parenthesis depends on the number of pictures
you have. If you just used (1) instead, the pictures will start from 1, go
on to 10 and and then to 100 so on. But they won't be listed in the proper
order later on due to the number of digits varying after 9, after 99 and so
on. Using (101), or (1001) or (10001) just fixes the width of the numbers.



In any case, you are stuck with the space and the parenthesis in the
filename, neither of which I like in a filename. I fix that in Linux using a
little Bash script I wrote. If you want that, let me know and I will paste
it here.



regards,


->HS


Don't know where to look next?X

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Herb Mann</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:herbmann@kingwoodcable.net">herbmann@kingwoodcable.net</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">











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<p><span>Sorry,


to bother you, but on a forum you wrote that you can rearrange images in XP via
Drag and Drop. What program within XP are you using? This is precisely what I
have been looking for.</span></p>



</div>



</div>





I just used Windows explorer to do so. 

Assume you want a bunch of images to be rearranged and renamed GreatVacation(101).jpg (the first image is 101, next 102 and so on).

Based on memory, here are the steps I followed:

1. Open of the folder containing the pictures and arrange all your pics by dragging and dropping them in the order you want.
2. Select the images that you want renamed sequentially.
3. Select the "Rename" option by right clicking on the *first image*.

4. The name of the file will become editable. Enter the name of you want and the number you want the first file to be. In our example, we would type:
GreatVacation (101).jpg

Note the space before the first parenthesis. The space and parenthesis, both are necessary.


5. Press Enter. The files will be renamed. If you make a mistake, I think you can just click Undo from the menu at the top of the window and repeat the process.

Now, what number to use in the parenthesis depends on the number of pictures you have. If you just used (1) instead, the pictures will start from 1, go on to 10 and and then to 100 so on. But they won't be listed in the proper order later on due to the number of digits varying after 9, after 99 and so on. Using (101), or (1001) or (10001) just fixes the width of the numbers.

Confused? Frustrated?X



In any case, you are stuck with the space and the parenthesis in the filename, neither of which I like in a filename. I fix that in Linux using a little Bash script I wrote. If you want that, let me know and I will paste it here.


regards,
->HS








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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:42:26 -0700


From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: When I try to save html pages, nothing happens
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 12:36:01PM -0700, tom arnall wrote:

> On Monday 29 October 2007 16:03, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > Argh!!
> >
>=20
> thanks for your patience. can it be old age? ;o) at any rate:

it happens, eh?


>=20
> kloro@debian:/$ ls -ld /var
> drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 360 2005-12-19 03:45 /var/
> kloro@debian:/$ ls -l /var
> total 11
> drwxr-xr-x  2 kloro root   768 2007-08-29 06:38 backups/
> drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root   528 2007-02-16 11:38 cache/
> drwxr-xr-x  3 kloro root  3800 2007-01-12 14:49 games/
> drwxr-xr-x 61 kloro root  1576 2007-09-25 10:49 lib/
> drwxrwsr-x  2 kloro staff   48 2004-12-15 14:55 local/
> drwxrwxrwt  4 kloro root    96 2007-10-30 10:47 lock/
> drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root  2960 2007-10-30 10:47 log/
> drwxrwsr-x  2 kloro mail   144 2007-10-30 12:08 mail/
> drwxr-xr-x  2 kloro root    48 2005-12-19 02:57 opt/
> drwxr-xr-x 18 kloro root  1080 2007-10-30 10:48 run/
> drwxr-xr-x 12 kloro root   328 2007-05-26 14:21 spool/
> drwxrwxrwt  8 root  root   264 2007-10-30 11:02 tmp/
> drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root  1696 2007-07-26 15:34 www/

the rest of /var should be owned by root as well.=20


Do you need help?X

andrew@delappy:~$ ls -l /var


total 64

drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 2007-10-25 18:51 backups
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root   4096 2007-10-25 21:17 cache
drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 2007-08-07 17:55 games
drwxr-xr-x 46 root root   4096 2007-10-27 09:29 lib
drwxrwsr-x  2 root staff  4096 2007-04-24 04:56 local
drwxrwxrwt  3 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:33 lock
drwxr-xr-x  9 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:34 log
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  16384 2007-08-06 08:43 lost+found
drwxrwsr-x  2 root mail   4096 2007-08-25 20:55 mail
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 2007-08-06 16:30 opt
drwxr-xr-x 17 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:35 run


drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 2007-04-24 04:56 spool
drwxrwxrwt  2 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:34 tmp



and I don't have anything in /var/tmp



andrew@delappy:~$ ls -l /var/tmp


total 0



to compare to.=20


>=20
> after doing 'sudo chown -R root /var/tmp', i get:
>=20
> kloro@debian:/$ ls -l /var/tmp
> total 0
> drwx------ 8 root  kloro 256 2007-10-29 17:53 kdecache-kloro/
> drwx------ 3 kloro kloro 128 2007-10-30 11:04 kdecache-kloro7k3iRa/
> drwx------ 5 root  root  176 2006-01-29 16:10 kdecache-root/
> drwx------ 4 root  root  152 2007-10-02 17:11 kdecache-rootcohchy/
> drwx------ 6 root  root  200 2007-02-03 13:52 kdecache-rootKvAh16/
> drwxrwxrwt 2 root  root   48 2005-12-19 02:58 vi.recover/
> kloro@debian:/$
>=20
> but firefox still won't save stuff unless i start it with 'sudo'.

if you look at the perms of vi.recover/ you'll see that it has the
same perms as its parent. I think that should be the case for all
those. Seeing as that's a tmp dir though, what *I* would do at this
point is log out and shutdown kde. then mv all those directories
somewhere else for now, leaving just an empty /var/tmp and then
reboot. If it bombs, you can move all those things back. Its a tmp
directory, so you should be able to do that and have kde recreate
whatever it needs there.=20



hth


A



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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:44:22 -0700


From: Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude


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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 03:09:31PM -0400, Celejar wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Oct 2007 09:25:02 -0700
> Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> wrote:

=2E..

> >=20
> > this bothers me, since I mostly use aptitude. When I need a build-dep
> > or source, I'm concerned that later aptitude may wipe something
> > inadvertantly. Do you know if there are plans to implement these
> > commands into aptitude? Or will apt-get always remain, so that its not
> > a problem?
>=20
> I really don't know; I have never built anything (except kernels and
> modules with kernel-package) from Debian source packages.  Why not ask
> Daniel directly?
>=20
Can we help you?X

'cause that's too easy?=20



;-)



I did in another sub-thread, we'll see what happens.



A



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Can't find what you're looking for?X

Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:37:57 +0100


From: Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Tool to configure sound

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On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 10:55:02PM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
[...]

> I followed instructions at the here previous indicated URL and run 'alsaconf' 
> which indeed completed and corrected the configuration of my sound 
> card.  
> Now everything is fine. All tests are OK.

Lucky man!  I wish it would work for my Acer laptop!  Still, I suppose
after all these years I should know better than to expect sound on a
laptop. I see I have 3 modules loaded that you don't have, maybe it's
something to do with them.


snd_hda_intel          17140  0 
snd_hda_codec         126496  1 snd_hda_intel
snd_pcm_oss            35968  0 
snd_mixer_oss          15872  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                74532  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_timer              20836  1 snd_pcm
snd                    48100  6
snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
soundcore               9216  1 snd
snd_page_alloc          9512  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm


Still, it's all way over my head...



:-(



richard



Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:44:38 +0100


From: Nigel Henry <cave.dnb@tiscali.fr>


To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Getting power off to work in Etch...

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Confused? Frustrated?X

On Tuesday 30 October 2007 18:58, Digby Tarvin wrote:

> Does anyone know the secret to getting Etch to power down the system
> after a halt. I have tried 'apt-get install apmd', but it doesn't
> seem to have helped.
>
> I know the hardware can do it, because it worked with the very old
> version of Ubuntu I tried before Debian (5.04).
>
> The machine is a Dell Precision 410 with new Etch netinst just done...
>
> Thanks,
> DigbyT

Hi Digby. Just an update. I found the the link to the bugreport for the 
shutdown problem. It may, or may not resolve your problem, but is below.


http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=390547

Cordialement.



Nigel.



Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 07:52:59 +1100


From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org


Subject: Re: Tool to configure sound


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On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Richard Lyons shared this with us all:

>--} On Sun, Oct 28, 2007 at 10:55:02PM +0100, Bruno Costacurta wrote:
>--} [...]
>--} > I followed instructions at the here previous indicated URL and run
> 'alsaconf' --} > which indeed completed and corrected the configuration of
> my sound --} > card.
>--} > Now everything is fine. All tests are OK.
>--}
>--} Lucky man!  I wish it would work for my Acer laptop!  Still, I suppose
>--} after all these years I should know better than to expect sound on a
>--} laptop. I see I have 3 modules loaded that you don't have, maybe it's
>--} something to do with them.
>--}
>--} snd_hda_intel          17140  0
>--} snd_hda_codec         126496  1 snd_hda_intel
>--} snd_pcm_oss            35968  0
>--} snd_mixer_oss          15872  1 snd_pcm_oss
>--} snd_pcm                74532  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
>--} snd_timer              20836  1 snd_pcm
>--} snd                    48100  6
>--} snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
>--} soundcore               9216  1 snd
>--} snd_page_alloc          9512  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
>--}
>--} Still, it's all way over my head...
>--}
>--} :-(
>--}
>--} richard
>--}
>--}
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I have two Acer laptops and both have sound configured and working using 
alsaconf, have you tried it?



Charlie


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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:55:22 +0000
From: cs <cs@networkingnewsletter.org.uk>
To: "Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net>
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: creative zen management with command-line interface
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On Sun, 2007-10-21 at 17:43 -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote:

> I have been searching without success for a command-line tool to
> manage a Creative Zen mp3 player.
> 
> The only Creative Zen management tool for Linux which I have
> discovered thus far is gnomad2 (version 2.8.12-2 currently in the
> Debian "testing" archive).  
> 
> But gnomad2 (which has a GUI) crashes on occasion, takes forever to
> delete a file, and appears to have left a corrupted file on my
> Creative Zen.  (Thankfully, Creative built into the Zen a drive
> clean-up utility.)  So for the Zen, I am using Creative Media Source
> running in W2000.


Unfort I can't get gnomad2 (2.8.8-1.1) to detect my Zen - is there
anything specific you had to do?
Thanks, M


> I have used gnupod (command-line interface) with a 4th-generation
> iPod.  It was an enjoyable experience.  I would like to find a tool of
> this sort to manage the Creative Zen.


Did anybody suggest alternatives to gnomad2??

M



Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:00:43 +0100
From: Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>
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Subject: Re: Tool to configure sound
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 07:52:59AM +1100, Charlie wrote:


> On Wed, 31 Oct 2007, Richard Lyons shared this with us all:

[...]

> >--} Lucky man!  I wish it would work for my Acer laptop!  Still, I suppose
> >--} after all these years I should know better than to expect sound on a
> >--} laptop. I see I have 3 modules loaded that you don't have, maybe it's
> >--} something to do with them.
> >--}
> >--} snd_hda_intel          17140  0
> >--} snd_hda_codec         126496  1 snd_hda_intel
> >--} snd_pcm_oss            35968  0
> >--} snd_mixer_oss          15872  1 snd_pcm_oss
> >--} snd_pcm                74532  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
> >--} snd_timer              20836  1 snd_pcm
> >--} snd                    48100  6
> >--} snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
> >--} soundcore               9216  1 snd
> >--} snd_page_alloc          9512  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
> >--}
> >--} Still, it's all way over my head...
> 
> I have two Acer laptops and both have sound configured and working using 
> alsaconf, have you tried it?


A hundred times.  It says ALSA is ready to use, and wishes me a lot of
fun.   As long as it's happy...  
In fact the link given earlier in the thread to
    http://newbiedoc.berlios.de/wiki/Sound_in_Debian_GNU/Linux
says:
    Alsaconf is so buggy that it is best not to use it at the moment
    (according to [bug no 432678]).

    You now have to use udevtrigger instead of alsaconf.

But that did nothing useful either as far as I could tell.

Mine is an Acer Aspire 1640Z, FWIW.

-- 
richard



Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:02:42 -0700
From: tom arnall <kloro2006@gmail.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: When I try to save html pages, nothing happens
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>On Tuesday 30 October 2007 13:42, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 12:36:01PM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
> > On Monday 29 October 2007 16:03, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > Argh!!
> >
> > thanks for your patience. can it be old age? ;o) at any rate:
>
> it happens, eh?
>
> > kloro@debian:/$ ls -ld /var
> > drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 360 2005-12-19 03:45 /var/
> > kloro@debian:/$ ls -l /var
> > total 11
> > drwxr-xr-x  2 kloro root   768 2007-08-29 06:38 backups/
> > drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root   528 2007-02-16 11:38 cache/
> > drwxr-xr-x  3 kloro root  3800 2007-01-12 14:49 games/
> > drwxr-xr-x 61 kloro root  1576 2007-09-25 10:49 lib/
> > drwxrwsr-x  2 kloro staff   48 2004-12-15 14:55 local/
> > drwxrwxrwt  4 kloro root    96 2007-10-30 10:47 lock/
> > drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root  2960 2007-10-30 10:47 log/
> > drwxrwsr-x  2 kloro mail   144 2007-10-30 12:08 mail/
> > drwxr-xr-x  2 kloro root    48 2005-12-19 02:57 opt/
> > drwxr-xr-x 18 kloro root  1080 2007-10-30 10:48 run/
> > drwxr-xr-x 12 kloro root   328 2007-05-26 14:21 spool/
> > drwxrwxrwt  8 root  root   264 2007-10-30 11:02 tmp/
> > drwxr-xr-x 19 kloro root  1696 2007-07-26 15:34 www/
>
> the rest of /var should be owned by root as well.
>
> andrew@delappy:~$ ls -l /var
> total 64
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 2007-10-25 18:51 backups
> drwxr-xr-x 13 root root   4096 2007-10-25 21:17 cache
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 2007-08-07 17:55 games
> drwxr-xr-x 46 root root   4096 2007-10-27 09:29 lib
> drwxrwsr-x  2 root staff  4096 2007-04-24 04:56 local
> drwxrwxrwt  3 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:33 lock
> drwxr-xr-x  9 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:34 log
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  16384 2007-08-06 08:43 lost+found
> drwxrwsr-x  2 root mail   4096 2007-08-25 20:55 mail
> drwxr-xr-x  2 root root   4096 2007-08-06 16:30 opt
> drwxr-xr-x 17 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:35 run
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root   4096 2007-04-24 04:56 spool
> drwxrwxrwt  2 root root   4096 2007-10-30 13:34 tmp
>
> and I don't have anything in /var/tmp
>
> andrew@delappy:~$ ls -l /var/tmp
> total 0
>
> to compare to.
>
> > after doing 'sudo chown -R root /var/tmp', i get:
> >
> > kloro@debian:/$ ls -l /var/tmp
> > total 0
> > drwx------ 8 root  kloro 256 2007-10-29 17:53 kdecache-kloro/
> > drwx------ 3 kloro kloro 128 2007-10-30 11:04 kdecache-kloro7k3iRa/
> > drwx------ 5 root  root  176 2006-01-29 16:10 kdecache-root/
> > drwx------ 4 root  root  152 2007-10-02 17:11 kdecache-rootcohchy/
> > drwx------ 6 root  root  200 2007-02-03 13:52 kdecache-rootKvAh16/
> > drwxrwxrwt 2 root  root   48 2005-12-19 02:58 vi.recover/
> > kloro@debian:/$
> >
> > but firefox still won't save stuff unless i start it with 'sudo'.
>
> if you look at the perms of vi.recover/ you'll see that it has the
> same perms as its parent. I think that should be the case for all
> those. Seeing as that's a tmp dir though, what *I* would do at this
> point is log out and shutdown kde. then mv all those directories
> somewhere else for now, leaving just an empty /var/tmp and then
> reboot. If it bombs, you can move all those things back. Its a tmp
> directory, so you should be able to do that and have kde recreate
> whatever it needs there.
>
> hth
> A



when you say 'the rest of /var should be owned by root as well,' do you mean 
everything under /var, not just the immediate subdirectories?



Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:08:10 +0100
From: Richard Lyons <richard@the-place.net>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: When I try to save html pages, nothing happens
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 02:02:42PM -0700, tom arnall wrote:

[...]

> 
> when you say 'the rest of /var should be owned by root as well,' do you mean 
> everything under /var, not just the immediate subdirectories?


Depending on what your webserver is serving, at least some tranches of
/var/www may need to be owned by www-data (or whatever the webserver is
running as).

-- 
richard

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