[SLE] /var properties?

From: Paul Cartwright (paul_tbot_at_pcartwright.com)
Date: 03/07/05

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Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:05:23 -0500

    my printer stopped working, Epson USB model. So I went to the command
    line and did a
    cat FILE | lp

    and I got an error saying it couldn't write to /var/tmp
    /var was root root dwr-wr---
    I chmodded it to 777 and now I can print.
    what should /var file permissions be??? 

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