From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 17 18:40:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net (harrier.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0374037B405 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:40:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from dialup-209.247.143.121.dial1.sanjose1.level3.net ([209.247.143.121] helo=blossom.cjclark.org) by harrier.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 165Hs4-0005lO-00; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:40:03 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by blossom.cjclark.org (8.11.6/8.11.3) id fAI2aru67497; Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:36:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2001 18:36:28 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Scott Reber Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi - permission denied error Message-ID: <20011117183628.L63067@blossom.cjclark.org> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011117175434.00b14b50@atltechgroup.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20011117175434.00b14b50@atltechgroup.com>; from sreber@atltechgroup.com on Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 06:03:06PM -0500 X-URL: http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 06:03:06PM -0500, 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? Check permissions on /tmp or TMPDIR (why it fails) and /var/tmp/vi.recover (why you get the first warning). -- Crist J. Clark | cjclark@alum.mit.edu | cjclark@jhu.edu http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/ | cjc@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message