/tmp permissions

paul555 · l33t Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 612 Location: Greece

Hi all today i made a stupid mistake deleting my /tmp directory.Can anyone please tell me the right permissions for /tmp ?
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xante · Apprentice Joined: 23 Aug 2004 Posts: 229

chmod 777 /tmp ?

whiskas · Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:59 am Post subject:

paul555 · l33t Joined: 22 Nov 2004 Posts: 612 Location: Greece

thanks whiskas
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mikegpitt · Advocate Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 3224

If anyone was curious why you may want to sticky bit for /tmp check out this link:

What is the sticky bit's purpose?:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/hp/hpux-faq/section-70.html