Re: lynx-dev /tmp failure

[T.E.Dickey]

> 
> Using lynx versions 2.8.1r.2 and r.3, I encountered an odd problem. 
> The super-user could run it with no problem, but it would never start 
> with other users--just sit there.  Not even clearin' the screen. 
>  
> Turns out some idiot (I don't remember it, but must've been me) set 
> /tmp to 0711.  I realize this isn't a real lynx problem, but shouldn't 
> it return an error message of some sort instead of just... hanging? 

depends on what's hanging - I saw a report (for a related program) in the
past week that implied they've got a circular loop of symbolic links - which
hangs in the libc.
  
> Jim 


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