Subject: vi problem
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Doug Jackson <tritone@erols.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/13/1998 17:04:28
I'm running netbsd1.2.1.
(I know I know...upgrade to 1.3....but in the interim)
Using vipw I created a user account for djackson.
User djackson can login no problem but can't vi files.
How can I fix it so djackson can vi files?

INFO:

% vi x.txt
ex/vi: Error: Log file: Permission denied
% id
uid=98(djackson) gid=31(guest) groups=31(guest), 0(wheel), 20(staff)
% cat /etc/group
wheel:*:0:root,djackson
daemon:*:1:daemon
kmem:*:2:root
sys:*:3:root
tty:*:4:root
operator:*:5:root
bin:*:7:
news:*:8:
wsrc:*:9:
games:*:13:
staff:*:20:root,djackson
guest:*:31:root,djackson
nobody:*:39:
utmp:*:45:
ingres:*:74:ingres
dialer:*:117:
nogroup:*:32766: