What permissions should I set on /tmp, /var/tmp and /dev/pts?

[bryn1u]

Hi,

I have a problem with crontab in jail for users. When iI write a command like crontab -e as a user imI’m getting errors as below:

Error: /var/tmp/vi.recover/: Permission denied
ex/vi: Modifications not recoverable if the session fails

Before iI got similar problem with premissionspermissions but iI think iI fixed it with changing premissionpermissions on /dev/pts. I set new premissionspermissions chmod 666 /dev/pts. And set premissionspermissions on /tmp, chmod o+x /tmp/.

drw-rw-rwx  10 root  wheel  -                       960 Feb 25 13:18 tmp

And:

drw-rw-rw-  2 root  wheel  -  512 Feb 25 12:58 pts

Someone can help me ?
Greetz

 

[getopt]

See cron(8) and crontab(5). There you can read how to specify a user for editing a user's crontab.

 

[junovitch@]

chmod 1777 /tmp /var/tmp. Those directories need to be writable and have the sticky bit set.