Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 08:15:29 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: "Kirk R. Wythers" <kwythers@x74-47.forestry.umn.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vi permissions Message-ID: <20030203191529.GA41743@grimoire.chen.org.nz> 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.
Check your permissions on /var/tmp. It should be:
drwxrwxrwt 3 root wheel 512 Feb 3 21:48 .
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Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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