Am 02.08.2013 08:59, schrieb Darlene Wallach: > I somehow deleted /tmp when I was deleting files from /tmp to make room > One time I saw the login options - when I logged in I only saw a black screen. > Other than doing an install, is there a way to recover the files in /tmp? > argh! It pays to be very careful deleting things as root! > A lesson learned the hard way! the files are irrelevant the folder with the correct permissions is important /tmp needs chmod 1777 (everybody is allowed to write but only the onwer can open his temp-files) mkdir /tmp chmod 1777 /tmp in doubt reboot after that

On Friday 02 August 2013 12:54 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > Am 02.08.2013 08:59, schrieb Darlene Wallach: >> I somehow deleted /tmp when I was deleting files from /tmp to make room >> One time I saw the login options - when I logged in I only saw a black screen. >> Other than doing an install, is there a way to recover the files in /tmp? >> argh! It pays to be very careful deleting things as root! >> A lesson learned the hard way! > the files are irrelevant > > the folder with the correct permissions is important > /tmp needs chmod 1777 (everybody is allowed to write > but only the onwer can open his temp-files) > > mkdir /tmp > chmod 1777 /tmp > > in doubt reboot after that > I think it should be sticky bit enabled chmod +t /tmp

On Thu, Aug 01, 2013 at 11:59:43PM -0700, Darlene Wallach wrote: > I somehow deleted /tmp when I was deleting files from /tmp to make room > > Now I get errors when I boot and try to login AFAIK, /tmp is a tmpfs filesystem in newer Fedoras. That means, you can just reboot, and things will be back to normal. Did you try that?

Hope this helps, -- Suvayu

On 08/01/2013 11:59 PM, Darlene Wallach wrote: > I somehow deleted /tmp when I was deleting files from /tmp to make room > > Now I get errors when I boot and try to login > > - There is a problem with the configuration server. > (/usr/libexec/gconf-sanity-check-2 exited with status 256) > > When I close that, I get: > > Install problem! > The configuration defaults for GNOME Power Manager have not been > installed correctly. Please contact your computer administrator. > > One time I saw the login options - when I logged in I only saw a black screen. > > Other than doing an install, is there a way to recover the files in /tmp? > > argh! It pays to be very careful deleting things as root! > > A lesson learned the hard way! > > Any advice will be greatly appreciated! > > Thank you > > Darlene Wallach > -- > equal justice under law

# mkdir /tmp # restorecon /tmp # reboot is probably all you need