On Wed, 22 Nov 1995 12:52:02 +0800 
 rbrown@zambia.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert L. Brown) wrote:

 >    For some reason I keep getting the error, "log db: Permission Denied", when I try to
 > use vi on a file that I own.
 > 
 > I also get "Error: Temporary File: Permission Denied" when I try to use vi
 > to open a new file.

Do /tmp and /var tmp have permissions "drwxrwxrwt" ?

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