Linux error: "Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation problem or you may be out of diskspace. Try logging in with one of the failsafe sessions to see if you can fi
Description:
When a normal non-administrator user tries to logon to the linux machine they get the following error:
"Your session only lasted less than 10 seconds. If you have not logged out yourself, this could mean that there is some installation problem or you may be out of diskspace. Try logging in with one of the failsafe sessions to see if you can fix the problem."
Problem:
The /tmp directory lost it's correct persmissions.
Fix:
Open a terminal window and as root run the following command:
chmod 1777 /tmp
Hi i faced the above error and had changed the permissions of /tmp as root chmod 1777 /tmp but am unable to connect other users pls help me..
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I know you may have checked already, but due to the nature of the message how much disk space do you have on root (/) and /tmp. You can use the df -k (df -h) to find out what space is available.
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This some really great advice,
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Hi,
Thanks for the article.
I too get that error message after trying to start a previously reliable machine. The last time it ran proplerly was only a few hours ago.
The mouse fails to work, though the light is on underneath and the keyboard does nothing too, the Cap' Lock light can not be made to come on.
Hence I am not able to provide get a report of the problem.
I tried the command you recomended: chmod 1777 /tmp
- no improvement and the same error message.
Is there anythign else I could try?
Many thanks, Nat
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