Subject: Re: vi problem
To: Doug Jackson <tritone@erols.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: port-i386
Date: 03/16/1998 11:29:32
On Mar 13, Doug Jackson wrote
> 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

Strange ... Do you have a special .exrc ? What are the perms to /var/tmp
and /var/tmp/vi.recover ?

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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