Fix missing or incorrect symbolic tmp link
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Many problems on MacOS X systems are caused by the /tmp
symbolic link being deleted or having wrong
permissions. For instance problems booting MacOS X,
Classic not starting, crashing apps and not being able
to print.
Would it be possible to add a check to AppleJack to see
if the /tmp symbolic link is there and is pointing to
the proper folder and have the right permissions set?
//Rob
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Diskutil already does this:
% diskutil repairPermissions <disk>
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As another comment already said, this is already handled by the "repair
permissions" routine from diskutil.
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If it is already handled by diskutil on startup then we are
all good. :)
I just had the impression that sometimes the tmp symbolic
was not recreated if it was accidently removed or had the
wrong permissions. It might have been fixed in Tiger though.
//Rob
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I have added a "/tmp file checker" routine to the mounting
function in AppleJack. This way the check is done whether
you run repair permissions or not. This will be in the
upcoming release of AppleJack (v 1.4.3). Thanks.