>On Thu, 14 Mar 1996, Tank wrote:
>
>> Greets Again-
>>
>>         Another problem I am having in addition to the ether interface is
>> the following.
>>
>> I created an account for myself.
>> I copied the dot files from /usr/shar/skel.
>> I chown'd the files to myself.
>> I chmod'd the file to 700
>>
>> I could not modify the files.
>>
>> I then chmod'd the files to 777, but still no luck...
>>
>Did you remember to chown the directory itself?  If you don't have write
>permission on the directory, you will be unable to delete or create files.


Well, it turns out that the /tmp directory was not was not world
accessable, and therefore was blowing out vi.... Thanks for all the
help....

Now if I can get the network init fixed.... 8)


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