acroread and xpdf problems

[Matthew Seaman]

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

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