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From: James Raynard <fqueries@parody.tecc.co.uk>
To: M C Wong <mcw@hpato.aus.hp.com>
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Subject: Re: [2.1R] vi problem
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On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, M C Wong wrote:

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> Can someone please tell me what's wrong with vi ? I am trying to
> edit files owned by myself but got some problem :
> 
> lespoir:/local/home/wongm/tmp 123 > setenv TERM vt100
> lespoir:/local/home/wongm/tmp 124 > vi main.cc
> log db: Permission denied.

vi can't create a temporary file because the permissions on /tmp have
somehow got screwed up. As root, do

chmod 777 /tmp
chmod +t /tmp

to sort them out.

James
 
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