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Date:      Sun, 25 Aug 2002 02:43:19 +0530
From:      "Unix Tools" <unixtools@hotmail.com>
To:        "Bsd Neophyte" <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: vi errors... unable to edit my .shrc file
Message-ID:  <OE197FkMM7yHJrzVyXz00004d37@hotmail.com>
References:  <20020823221943.389.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com>

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chmod -R 777 /var/tmp
This should help you

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bsd Neophyte" <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>
To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 03:49 AM
Subject: vi errors... unable to edit my .shrc file


>
> i get the following error when trying to edit my .shrc file:
>
> -------------------
> $ vi .shrc
> ex/vi: Error: /var/tmp/vi.recover: Permission denied
> ex/vi: Modifications not recoverable if the session fails
> ex/vi: Error: .shrc: Permission denied
> ex/vi: Error: Unable to create temporary file: Permission denied
> -------------------
>
> does this have anything to do with the fact i don't have var and tmp
> slices?  i used the method in greg lehey's book in creating symbolic links
> instead of having hard partitions.
>
> i tried looking in the archives for a solution, but i didn't find
> anything.
>
> as always, any and all help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> -Sameer
>
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