Hi Laurens,

is your filesystem mounted readonly?

type this and then try to edit your file.

mount -n -o *remount*,rw /

Hope it helps,

Rodrigo

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?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Best regards,
> Laurens V.
>
>