ed strange error message - Shell Programming and Scripting

frenki · #1 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004

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

AbEnd · #2 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004

Code:

ls -ld /tmp

post output

frenki · #3 (**permalink**) 10-26-2004

Code:

$ls -ld /tmp
drwxrwxrwt    3 root     sys             336 okt 26 15:30 /tmp
$

Any sugestion?

Regards, Frenki

frenki · #4 (**permalink**) 10-28-2004

Any other idea what could be wrong?

Regards, Frenki

AbEnd · #5 (**permalink**) 10-28-2004

Hmm.. well no idea.

Double check your $TMPDIR first.

What OS is this?

frenki · #6 (**permalink**) 10-28-2004

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

) upgraded from 7.1.1.

Regards, Frenki

AbEnd · #7 (**permalink**) 10-29-2004

OK, check permissions on /var then.

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