Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:48:51 -0400 From: "Brian T. Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi errors... unable to edit my .shrc file Message-ID: <200208231848.51425.bts@babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <20020823221943.389.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020823221943.389.qmail@web20107.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Friday 23 August 2002 06:19 pm, Bsd Neophyte wrote: | 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. Symbolic links to where? To a partition that isn't mounted, perhaps? | | 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 | | __________________________________________________ | Do You Yahoo!? | Yahoo! Autos - Get free new car price quotes | http://autos.yahoo.com | | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org | with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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