> On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 10:58:19PM +0200, Laurens Vets wrote:
> 
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I've just installed NetBSD on my qube with the help of the NetBSD 
>>restore cd.  I've added a user, but everytime I want to edit a file with 
>>vi as that user, I got the error message: "ex/vi: Error: Unable to 
>>create temporary file: Permission denied".
>>
>>I don't think this is normal behaviour, but has anybody also had this 
>>problem with the restore cd?  And how do I fix this error?
> 
> 
> Are you in single user mode? If not:
> 
> What are the permissions on /var/tmp?  On my system:
> 
> drwxrwxrwt   3 root    wheel       512 May  7 13:31 /var/tmp
> /var/tmp:
> total 2
> drwxrwxrwt  2 root  wheel  512 May  8 13:14 vi.recover
> 
> HTH, Chris

Nope, I'm not in single user mode. These are my permissions:

# pwd
/var/tmp
# ls -l
total 2
drwxrwxrwt  2 root  wheel  512 May  9 23:52 vi.recover
# pwd
/var
# ls -l
drwxrwxrwt   3 root    wheel     512 May 10 02:21 tmp

So, they are correct.

Greetings,
Laurens