filemgr: mknod: Permission denied

Cause

File Manager issues this message and fails to come up whenever the /tmp/.removable directory is owned by another user and is not in 1777 mode. This can happen, for example, when multiple users share a workstation.

Action

Have the original owner use chmod(1) to change the mode of this file back to 1777, its default creation mode. Rebooting the workstation also resolves this problem.

Technical Notes

This is a known problem that was fixed in the Solaris 2.4 release.