Hi Leonard, if /tmp needs to be fixed it would involve using UNIX command-line tools like chmod.

Can you open up a Terminal window and do a:
ls -l /tmp

And then post what prints out there? That would let me see if the permissions are set as they should be.


Also this whole thing with a disk repair needed and your system doing a hard crash at least once really does make me think your hard disk might be in the process of dying. If your disk is pretty old (say 5+ years old), it may be a good idea to get a new one.

- Michael