Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:28:52 -0500 From: Jim Trigg <jtrigg@spamcop.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi permissions Message-ID: <20030203192852.GE13059@scadian.net> In-Reply-To: <20030203125622.K15740@lorax.forestry.umn.edu> References: <20030203125622.K15740@lorax.forestry.umn.edu>
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On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 01:01:30PM -0600, Kirk R. Wythers wrote: > I'm trying to create a .bashrc file with vi in my home directroy. I'm > gettting the error: > > su-2.05b$ vi .bashrc > ex/vi: Error: Unable to create temporary file: Permission denied > su-2.05b$ > > I am working on configuring a newly set up 5.0-RELEASE box. Permissions > must be messed up somewhere. I can't believe that I neet to be root in > order to create a . file. What ID are you su'ed as, and which directory are you in? (Do they match?) Jim -- Jim Trigg, Lord High Everything Else O- /"\ \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN Hostmaster, Huie Kin family website X HELP CURE HTML MAIL Verger, All Saints Church - Sharon Chapel / \ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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