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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers can't open file for editing Post 302228229 by era on Saturday 23rd of August 2008 02:23:27 PM
Old 08-23-2008
What do you mean by "alias"? A symbolic link to /etc/skel/.bashrc? Doesn't adduser automatically copy in a fresh .bashrc for you?

If you are editing .bashrc and it's a symbolic link, you need write permission to the target of the symbolic link. But instead, you should have a separate file owned by the user, usually a copy of /etc/skel/.bashrc

If you are editing a file owned by a different user, you need to be root, or the file's permissions need to be relaxed enough to allow you to overwrite the file (and, the way editors often work, probably write access to the directory). This is of course not really a good idea in any event.

.bashrc doesn't need execute permission, it's sourced (not executed) by bash.
Last edited by era; 08-23-2008 at 03:29 PM.. Reason: Don't need execute permission; need write access to target of symlink
 

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NAME

       go2 - directory finder

SYNOPSIS

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DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the go2 command.

       This manual page was written for the Debian(TM) distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

       go2 is a program that finds (and changes to) directories.

IMPORTANT

       go2 requires be loaded from the shell. To do this include the next sentence in your $HOME/.bashrc file:

	 [ -e /usr/lib/go2/go2.sh ] && source /usr/lib/go2/go2.sh

       If your wish improve directory caching, you may include also the next sentence:

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OPTIONS

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       -i     Case insensitive.

       -r     Search from root directory.

       -d     Search in hidden directories.

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       --setup
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SEE ALSO

       This program is fully documented in
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       This manual page was written for the Debian system (and may be used by others).

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