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 1777 mode. This can happen, for example, when multiple users share a workstation.

Action

Have the original owner change the mode ((chmod(1)) 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 Solaris 2.4.