I recently installed AIX 3.2.3 on my RISC/6000 model 340. Info works
fine for all users. man works only for root userid. I get the following
error message when try to run man
knowset: tempnam Permission denied
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A: In the past, an error message very similar to the one you described:
knowset: tempname: The file access permissions do not permit the
specified action.
was caused by the permissions on the /tmp filesystem being incorrect.
To verify that this is the case in your situation, log onto the RISC
System/6000 as root and execute the following command:
# ls -la / | grep tmp
The output from this command should look like this:
drwxrwxrwt 10 bin bin 1024 Dec 07 11:37 tmp
If the permissions are different from "drwxrwxrwt" then execute
the following command on the command line:
# chmod 1777 /tmp
If the owner of the /tmp filesystem is not "bin" execute the following
command on the command line:
# chown bin /tmp
If the group membership of the /tmp filesystem is not "bin" execute
the following command on the command line:
# chgrp bin /tmp
This should correct the problem. If it does not, please reopen this
item with the output from the following commands:
# ls -la / | grep tmp
# errpt -a (only any relevant error stanzas that you find)
# ls -la / | grep usr$
# ls -la / | grep bin$
# ls -la /usr | grep bin$
"/" is the forward slash
"|" is the AIX pipe symbol
"$" is the dollar sign
"-" is the hyphen
For more information on "chown", "chgrp", "chmod", and "grep", please
see InfoExplorer.
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This item was created from library item Q618307 7HFWP
Additional search words:
ARISC COMMAND CUSTORG DENIED ERR ERROR EXECUTE GET IDENTIFICATI IX
JAN93 MESSAGE MSG PERMISSION RISC ROOT RUN USER USERID WORKS 7HFWP
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Dated: 11/1996 Category: RISCOC
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