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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!uwm.edu!news.moneng.mei.com!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!caen!usenet.coe.montana.edu!bsd.coe.montana.edu!nate From: nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Users can't vi Date: 2 Jan 1995 06:47:14 GMT Organization: Montana State University, Bozeman Montana Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3e87hi$r2f@pdq.coe.montana.edu> References: <Roy-3012942307210001@adept.cts.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: bsd.coe.montana.edu In article <Roy-3012942307210001@adept.cts.com>, Roy Lovejoy <Roy@AdeptSolutions.com> wrote: >Now this is a strange one... > >I built a virgin FreeBSD system, after adding the first user, exiting >root, logging in as the new user, I couldn't vi. ANY FILE! It kept saying >something like: > >log db: Invalid permission Bug in the install scripts. As root: # chmod 1777 /tmp /var/tmp should do the trick. Nate -- nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu | FreeBSD core member and all around tech. nate@cs.montana.edu | weenie. work #: (406) 994-5980 | Unemployed, looking for permanant work in home #: (406) 586-0579 | CS/EE field.