tlug: huh? what happened?

[Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>]

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tlug note from Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>
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Hi all,

For some reason, the mail programs on my standalone dialup only
Slackware box suddenly were not able to write to the /tmp
directory. Ispell didn't work, XFmail and Netscape were unable
to send the body of a mail message but could send the signature
file and header - really wierd. Even after a reboot, the problem
didn't go away.

I chmod 0777 /tmp to get it working again (I'll mess around with
more restrictive permissions tomorrow) but what the heck was
that? Anyone seen anything like this before?

Thanks,

Jim S.

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Sent by: Jim Schweizer <schweiz@example.com>
On: 26-Jun-97 at: 01:45:06 JST
http://www1.harenet.or.jp/~schweiz/
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