2 problems..how to fix? [Solved]

[linuxrocks]

hi all just recently i seem to have run into these problems and i cant seem to fix them

1. when logging into kde on all acounts except root. 'can not access temporary directory call to lnusertemp failed'
2. on all acounts exept root i cannot su. i get this error: setgid: Operation not permitted


iv google and asked around but cant seem to find a solution , any help would be appreciated

it has been working fine untill today.. and yes i am in the root group btw

thank you

[joost]

Did you mess with portage?

[momocore]

I'm not sure if this will work or not, but you can try it...
Try this first:
Check the permissions for /tmp, it should have full access for all groups, if not change it.
Go to /tmp/kde-(yourusername) and clear out some files, just not the ksycoca link... that would be bad. You may have filled up your tmp directory, which is causing some of the problems.

After that, restart and see if it fixed your problems. If not, do this, it seemed to work for someone else:
At terminal as root do:

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sudo chown user /tmp
lnusertemp tmp
lnusertemp socket
lnusertemp cache

Now try it.

For good measure, you may want to check the permissions in /var/tmp/kdecache-(yourusername)
Make sure that the user/owner (yourusername) has permissions to access the directory.

Here's some info about lnusertemp:

http://l10n.kde.org/docs/admin/temp-files.html

Let us know if that fixed it for you!

[linuxrocks]

thank you for your help monocore,

issue 1 is now solved

btw no i have not been playing with portage.

now i just need to solve isue number 2. thanks for you help everyone

[momocore]

I think this may help you out with your user permissions:

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=566858

[linuxrocks]

i tried what them mention but still no go
btw they mention a /dev/su wich i do not have i only have /bin/su with root - root permissions

if worst comes to worst can i just copy a certain directory/s from the dvd across to my hd?

[linuxrocks]

ok i fixed the problem so i thought id let everyone know my soulution

i copied the /bin directory of the sabayon dvd to a sd card > to my hd

..problem solved

thanks for all your advice