Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 15:06:16 +0800 (PHT) From: "Anthony M. Magsino" <ammag@mail.upm.edu.ph> To: Scott Reber <sreber@atltechgroup.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi - permission denied error Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1011120150354.21721B-100000@kulog.upm.edu.ph> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011117175434.00b14b50@atltechgroup.com>
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Hi Scott! You basically have a access/permissions error or your disk's out of space. On Sat, 17 Nov 2001, Scott Reber wrote: > I am installing a new FreeBsd machine. 4.4 Release. > When I attempt to edit a file as a non-root user in that non-root's home > directory I get the following: > > tethys|~$ vi .bash_profile > ex/vi: Error: /var/tmp/vi.recover: Permission denied > ex/vi: Modifications not recoverable if the session fails > ex/vi: Error: .bash_profile: Permission denied > ex/vi: Error: Unable to create temporary file: Permission denied > > Editing as root works as expected. What have I done wrong? > > Other info: > > tethys|~$ uname -a > FreeBSD tethys.wanlanservices.net 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE #0: Fri > Nov 16 22:06:23 EST > 2001 root@tethys.wanlanservices.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/TETHYS i386 > > tethys|~$ ls -al > total 15 > drwxr-xr-x 4 admin wheel 512 Nov 17 17:21 . > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 512 Nov 16 11:17 .. > -rw------- 1 admin wheel 1461 Nov 17 17:21 .bash_history > -rwxr-xr-x 1 admin wheel 918 Nov 16 23:18 .bash_profile > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin wheel 771 Nov 16 11:17 .cshrc > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin wheel 255 Nov 16 11:17 .login > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin wheel 160 Nov 16 11:17 .login_conf > -rw------- 1 admin wheel 371 Nov 16 11:17 .mail_aliases > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin wheel 331 Nov 16 11:17 .mailrc > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin wheel 789 Nov 16 11:17 .profile > -rw------- 1 admin wheel 276 Nov 16 11:17 .rhosts > -rw-r--r-- 1 admin wheel 852 Nov 16 11:17 .shrc > drwxr-xr-x 2 admin wheel 512 Nov 16 18:24 .ssh > > ___________________________________________________________ > Scott Reber voice: 770 977-7044 > AtLANta TEChnical Group, Inc. fax: 770 973-8955 > sreber@atltechgroup.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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