https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/cde-problems/m-p/2498355#M830635 <BR />I have been recieving the error 'the desktop messaging system could not be started. To correct the problem ...'. I have reviewed some of the other messages in this forum and followed the instructions in the Technical Knowledge Base document # KBRC00000036. I have run dr_dt and have been able to correct all the warnings except 2.<BR /><BR />The log states that the / directory has the wrong permissions and ownership. I change it from drwxr_xr_x root:sys to dr_xr_xr_r bin:bin. I run dr_dt again and this time the log states that the / directory should be changed back to the original permissions and ownership. how do I resolve this loop?<BR /><BR />The 2nd problem is /usr/dt/bin/xmbind and /usr/dt/bin/suid_exec are missing. According to the log CDE will not start w/o these files. Only 1 of our other servers is running HPUX 11.0 and these files do not exist there either. CDE works fine on that box. <BR /><BR />The command line login and everything seems to be in working order except the CDE. I really want to resolve this problem. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:26:05 GMT Chelsea Matej 2001-02-26T17:26:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/cde-problems/m-p/2498355#M830635 <BR />I have been recieving the error 'the desktop messaging system could not be started. To correct the problem ...'. I have reviewed some of the other messages in this forum and followed the instructions in the Technical Knowledge Base document # KBRC00000036. I have run dr_dt and have been able to correct all the warnings except 2.<BR /><BR />The log states that the / directory has the wrong permissions and ownership. I change it from drwxr_xr_x root:sys to dr_xr_xr_r bin:bin. I run dr_dt again and this time the log states that the / directory should be changed back to the original permissions and ownership. how do I resolve this loop?<BR /><BR />The 2nd problem is /usr/dt/bin/xmbind and /usr/dt/bin/suid_exec are missing. According to the log CDE will not start w/o these files. Only 1 of our other servers is running HPUX 11.0 and these files do not exist there either. CDE works fine on that box. <BR /><BR />The command line login and everything seems to be in working order except the CDE. I really want to resolve this problem. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:26:05 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/cde-problems/m-p/2498355#M830635 Chelsea Matej 2001-02-26T17:26:05Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/cde-problems/m-p/2498356#M830636 On my servers the / directory has permissions of 755 and root:root ownership.<BR /><BR /># ll -d .<BR />drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 1024 Feb 14 14:44 .<BR /> Mon, 26 Feb 2001 17:49:25 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/cde-problems/m-p/2498356#M830636 James A. Donovan 2001-02-26T17:49:25Z