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Old 10-26-2004
ed strange error message
When I start ed as regular user, following message is displayed:
Code:
$ed
ERROR: tempnam failed: Permission denied
$

I think, following error produced in vi when search results from previous error:
Code:
No previous regular expression

Setting TMPDIR variable cause no effect.

As root all works fine.

Any help appreciated.

Regards, Frenki
# 2  
Old 10-26-2004
Code:
ls -ld /tmp

post output
# 3  
Old 10-26-2004
Code:
$ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt    3 root     sys             336 okt 26 15:30 /tmp
$

Any sugestion?

Regards, Frenki
# 4  
Old 10-28-2004
Data
Any other idea what could be wrong?

Regards, Frenki
# 5  
Old 10-28-2004
Hmm.. well no idea.

Double check your $TMPDIR first.

What OS is this?
# 6  
Old 10-29-2004
No matter how $TMPDIR is set, behavior is the same! Currently $TMPDIR is set :
Code:
$env | grep TMPDIR
TMPDIR=/var/tmp
$ls -ld /var/tmp
drwxrwxrwt    2 bin      bin             276 okt 29 03:10 /var/tmp
$

OS is SCO UnixWare 7.1.4 (yes, I know what you think about Smilie Smilie ) upgraded from 7.1.1.

Regards, Frenki
# 7  
Old 10-29-2004
OK, check permissions on /var then.
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