Incorrect Permissions on /tmp in Non-Global Zones After Solaris Live Upgrade (6619278)

Various processes running in non-global zones using /tmp might crash after the zone has been upgraded using Solaris Live Upgrade. The upgrade process changes permissions on the /tmp directory which leads to applications failures. Users will see drwxr-xr-x permissions instead of the correct drwxrwxrwx permissions.

Workaround: Choose one of the following workarounds:

• Workaround 1: Before activating the new boot environment, perform the following steps:

  1. Mount the disk:

     # mount /dev/dsk/c1t1d0s6 /mnt

  2. Fix the permissions:

     # chmod 1777 /mnt/zone/*/root/tmp

  3. Then unmount the disk:

     # umount /mnt

  This workaround fixes all zones at once.

• Workaround 2: If you have already booted the new boot environment, log in to the system as the root user. Halt the zone and manually set correct permissions on the /tmp directory. Type the following command:

  # chmod 1777 /path/root/tmp

  where path is the zone's zonepath.