acroread and xpdf problems

[Andrew L. Gould]

On Thursday 15 January 2004 04:12 pm, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 03:39:08PM -0600, Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> > If I'm trying to open the pdf file as a normal user, I get the following
> > message:
> >
> > "There was an error opening this document. A temporary file could not be
> > opened."
> >
> > If I run acroread or xpdf as root, I can open the files fine.
> >
> > Any ideas?
>
> Check the permissions on /tmp -- should be mode 1777.
>
> 	Cheers,
>
> 	Matthew

The permissions for /tmp are 1777 owned by root:wheel.

Thanks,

Andrew