[GRASS-user] Can't create location

[Glynn Clements]

Frank Broniewski wrote:

> Maybe it is working now. I wrote in one of my previous posts that
> the /tmp/ directory had a sticky bit attached. When I removed that and
> granted full access to the directory for everybody everything seems to
> work as desired.
> It seems that some of the scripts do not run under the user account and
> so fail to do their work, since the created directories are only
> editable by the user who created it ...

If a directory has the sticky bit set, you can only rename or delete
files or directories within that directory if you own them.

Note that, without the sticky bit, anyone will be able to delete or
rename any files or directories in /tmp, which is potentially a
security risk.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>