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Subject: Re: edit /etc/ttys
In-Reply-To: <199708151019.QAA02494@gy.sibtel.ru> from George Yegoroff at "Aug 15, 97 09:10:20 am"
To: georgeye@sibtel.ru (George Yegoroff)
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George Yegoroff writes:
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(How I love elm)...

> Why FreeBSD not allows save edited ttys file ?  I was login as root.

It would be nice to know what editor you were using.  Many refuse to
save, even if they can, if the file is write-protected.  In vi, use
':w!'.  In Emacs, answer the prompts.  Alternatively, modify the
permissions so that root can write it.

Greg