Hi Rodrigo,

Thanks for the information!  Everything is working now ;-)

Best regards,
Laurens

Rodrigo Fernandez-Vizarra wrote:
> Hi again,
> 
> good news.
> 
> Just to let you know that the /tmp should have also the sticky bit, even 
> more if your system is a multiuser system.
> 
> chmod 1777 /tmp
> 
> will fixed it.
> 
> Regards,
> Rodrigo
> 
> Laurens Vets wrote:
> 
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> Fixed the problem, the permissions of /tmp were:
>>
>> drwxr-xr-x   2 root  wheel      512 May 11 00:36 tmp
>>
>> After chmod 777 /tmp, the problem was fixed.
>>
>> Is/was there a reason that /tmp wasn't chmod 777?  I installed from 
>> the restore cd and didn't touch the permissions of /tmp at all
>>
>> Laurens
>>
>> Rodrigo Fernandez-Vizarra wrote:
>>
>>> 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.