Re: [K12OSN] /tmp & users HELP please

["Terrell Prude', Jr." <microman cmosnetworks com>]

norbert wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having some strange issues with users accounts, what would happen 
> if I removed all the user and deleted the contents of the /tmp 
> directory to start again ?
>
> K12ltsp v4.0 beta 13
>
> This is a listing of the /tmp directory , seems like a lot of sockets
>
> @1315.0xf86config
> @1315.1xf86config
> @1316.0xf86config
> @1316.1xf86config

<snipped to save bandwidth>

> svjgp.tmp
> svkcd.tmp
> XF86Config
> xmms_t1.0
> xmms_t16.0
> xmms_t4.0
> xses-rhs2.BFFj6V
> xses-rhs2.K08Prm
> xses-rhs8.9O7bEh
> xses-rhs9.6IQbpX
>
> thanks
> norbert
>
>
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Just make sure everyone but root is logged out, and you can safely 
delete everything in /tmp.  As for doing your users over again, that 
points to something in /etc/passwd and/or /etc/shadow getting corrupted, 
which of course should never happen.  :-)  Does it "look" normal?

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