Copy arch to new disk = screwy user permissons

I copied arch to a new disk today, using an ubuntu 10.04 live cd...
I've gotten my system up and running but it seems i'm having some user permission problems
startx wont start...
[ryan@psychicstate ~]$ startx
mktemp: failed to create file via template `/tmp/serverauth.XXXXXXXXXX': Permission denied
/usr/bin/startx: line 156: cannot create temp file for here-document: Permission denied
and sudo is broken
[ryan@psychicstate ~]$ sudo cp
sudo: must be setuid root
I should also note that I issued a #chown -R ryan /home/ryan/* thinking this would fix some things....
Help?

I typically go with a fresh install for this. A couple of tips:
1) Save important files in /etc like rc.conf, any xorg customizations, and anything else you may have tinkered with in there. I, personally, make routine saves to a seperate HD that I mount for backups.
2) Save all of the contents of /home/ryan to an external source and "copy" to the new /home/ryan after you have logged into the new system as ryan. Using copy this way will inherit the ownership of the current user who executes the copy command and avoid most (if not all) potential permissions/ownership issues.
3) You can copy the contents of /var/cache/pacman/pkg (assuming you haven't cleared this) to an external source as well and then copy to the new system. This will save you a bunch of time as the packages won't need to be downloaded when installing.
- Swill

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