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# 15  
Old 01-03-2018
I had seen that too, but am able to write to the directory with no issue.

Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$ls -ld /var/tmp
drwxrwxrwt    3 bin      bin            4096 Jan 03 06:53 /var/tmp

# 16  
Old 01-03-2018
Shouldn't libcurses be executable?

Code:
-r--r--r--    1 bin      bin         1751983 Mar 07 2014  /usr/lib/libcurses.a

# 17  
Old 01-03-2018
Is one of your file systems full?
Code:
df -k /var/tmp /home/prices02 /tmp

# 18  
Old 01-03-2018
Quote:
Originally Posted by RudiC
Shouldn't libcurses be executable?

Code:
-r--r--r--    1 bin      bin         1751983 Mar 07 2014  /usr/lib/libcurses.a

I had thought that too, but the other passive node in the cluster has the same permissions, and it's working just fine.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Scrutinizer
Is one of your file systems full?
Code:
df -k /var/tmp /home/prices02 /tmp

Nope, all filesystems are good

Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$df -k /var/tmp /home/prices02 /tmp
Filesystem    1024-blocks      Free %Used    Iused %Iused Mounted on
/dev/hd9var       6291456   4984848   21%     7368     1% /var
/dev/hd1          2097152   1868488   11%     1621     1% /home
/dev/hd3         10485760   6617744   37%     6193     1% /tmp
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$

# 19  
Old 01-03-2018
You have truss output for a failure. Please generate one for success on another machine.
Do you see the point in the truss output where the two diverge? i.e., problem one has an error return from a syscall, the other does not.

This has some assumptions that might be wrong, but it is worth a try.
# 20  
Old 01-03-2018
Thanks Jim, I'll go and check the truss on another system and see what we get.

For now since it was giving errors for /var/tmp, I've created an .exrc file to point the temp directory to my home

Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$cat .exrc
set dir=/home/prices02

Now when I run a truss it looks like the file is fine, but there seems to be an issue with it passing controls to the kernel.
I'm going to have to go and read up on truss, I'm not a programmer, so a lot of this is lost on me at the moment.

Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$truss vi test.txt
execve("/usr/bin/vi", 0x2FF22C20, 0x200138A8)    argc: 2
read_sysconfig(0xF07E4660, 0x00000010, 0xFFFFFFFC, 0x10000000, 0x300006DC, 0x00000080, 0x06010000, 0xF08564C0) = 0x00000000
kioctl(2, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        = 0
kioctl(2, 21505, 0x300068C8, 0x00000000)        = 0
sbrk(0x00000000)                                = 0x305CA7DC
vmgetinfo(0x2FF21550, 7, 16)                    = 0
sbrk(0x00000000)                                = 0x305CA7DC
sbrk(0x00000004)                                = 0x305CA7DC
__libc_sbrk(0x00000000)                         = 0x305CA7E0
getuidx(4)                                      = 705
getuidx(2)                                      = 705
getuidx(1)                                      = 705
getgidx(4)                                      = 50
getgidx(2)                                      = 50
getgidx(1)                                      = 50
__loadx(0x01480080, 0x2FF20F30, 0x00000A50, 0x2FF21A90, 0x00000000) = 0xD056C128
__loadx(0x01480180, 0x2FF20F30, 0x00000A50, 0xF07DA150, 0xF07DA080) = 0xF08C7400
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA120, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C83AC
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA060, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C83B8
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA130, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C83E8
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA070, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C83F4
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA0F0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C83C4
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA090, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C83DC
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA100, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C8400
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA110, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C8430
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA0A0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C8418
__loadx(0x07080000, 0xF07DA0B0, 0xFFFFFFFF, 0xF08C7400, 0x0001F0B0) = 0xF08C8490
getuidx(4)                                      = 705
getuidx(2)                                      = 705
getuidx(1)                                      = 705
getgidx(4)                                      = 50
getgidx(2)                                      = 50
getgidx(1)                                      = 50
__loadx(0x01480080, 0x2FF20F30, 0x00000A50, 0x2FF21A90, 0x00000000) = 0xD056C128
getuidx(4)                                      = 705
getuidx(2)                                      = 705
getuidx(1)                                      = 705
getgidx(4)                                      = 50
getgidx(2)                                      = 50
getgidx(1)                                      = 50
__loadx(0x01480080, 0x2FF20F30, 0x00000A50, 0x2FF21A90, 0x00000000) = 0xD056C128
getuidx(4)                                      = 705
getuidx(2)                                      = 705
getuidx(1)                                      = 705
getgidx(4)                                      = 50
getgidx(2)                                      = 50
getgidx(1)                                      = 50
__loadx(0x01480080, 0x2FF20F30, 0x00000A50, 0x2FF21A90, 0x00000000) = 0xD056C128
getuidx(4)                                      = 705
getuidx(2)                                      = 705
getuidx(1)                                      = 705
getgidx(4)                                      = 50
getgidx(2)                                      = 50
getgidx(1)                                      = 50
__loadx(0x01480080, 0x2FF20F30, 0x00000A50, 0x2FF21A90, 0x00000000) = 0xD056C128
getuidx(4)                                      = 705
getuidx(2)                                      = 705
getuidx(1)                                      = 705
getgidx(4)                                      = 50
getgidx(2)                                      = 50
getgidx(1)                                      = 50
__loadx(0x01480080, 0x2FF20F30, 0x00000A50, 0x2FF21A90, 0x00000000) = 0xD056C128
access("/usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US/ex.cat", 0)      = 0
_getpid()                                       = 31588562
_getpid()                                       = 31588562
_sigaction(30, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)          = 0
_sigaction(1, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(1, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(3, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(2, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(15, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)          = 0
_sigaction(4, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(5, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(6, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(8, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)           = 0
_sigaction(10, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)          = 0
_sigaction(11, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)          = 0
_sigaction(13, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)          = 0
kioctl(0, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        = 0
_sigaction(18, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)          = 0
_sigaction(18, 0x2FF22250, 0x2FF22260)          = 0
__ksetjmp(0x30412E50, 0xD056C619, 2, 0x30412EB4, 0x2FF22B80, 0x28228202, 0x30005CA4, 0xD0187128) = 0
_sigaction(2, 0x2FF22210, 0x2FF22220)           = 0
_sigaction(18, 0x2FF22210, 0x2FF22220)          = 0
kioctl(2, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        = 0
kioctl(2, 21505, 0x300068C8, 0x00000000)        = 0
access("/usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US/setupterm.cat", 0) = 0
_getpid()                                       = 31588562
kopen("/usr/share/lib/terminfo/x/xterm", O_RDONLY) = 3
kioctl(2, 21509, 0xF050BF66, 0x00000000)        = 0
kread(3, "1A011C\0 %\0 !\0 ▒01 G05".., 4096)    = 2417
close(3)                                        = 0
kioctl(2, 1074295912, 0x2FF21C30, 0x00000000)   = 0
kioctl(2, 1074295912, 0x2FF21C30, 0x00000000)   = 0
kioctl(2, 21511, 0xF050BF78, 0x00000000)        = 0
kioctl(2, 1074033788, 0xF050BF94, 0x00000000)   = 0
kioctl(2, 21511, 0xF050BF66, 0x00000000)        = 0
kioctl(0, 1074295912, 0x2FF221D0, 0x00000000)   = 0
kioctl(2, 1074033664, 0x30014AA8, 0x00000000)   = 0
kioctl(1, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        = 0
kioctl(2, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        = 0
kioctl(2, 21505, 0x300068C8, 0x00000000)        = 0
kopen("/home/prices02/.exrc", O_RDONLY)         = 3
kioctl(3, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        Err#25 ENOTTY
kioctl(3, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        Err#25 ENOTTY
kread(3, " s e t   d i r = / h o m".., 4096)    = 23
kread(3, " s e t   d i r = / h o m".., 4096)    = 0
__libc_sbrk(0x00000000)                         = 0x305DA7F0
__ksetjmp(0x30412E50, 0x300067CC, 2, 0x30412EB4, 0x2FF22B80, 0x24222202, 0x30005CA4, 0xD0187128) = 0
statx("/home/prices02/.exrc", 0x2FF22110, 176, 020) = 0
statx(".exrc", 0x2FF221C0, 176, 020)            = 0
statx("/home/prices02/.exrc", 0x2FF22200, 76, 0) = 0
getuidx(1)                                      = 705
_sigaction(2, 0x2FF220D0, 0x2FF220E0)           = 0
kfcntl(0, F_DUPFD, 0x00000000)                  = 4
close(0)                                        = 0
kopen("/home/prices02/.exrc", O_RDONLY)         = 0
kioctl(0, 22528, 0x00000000, 0x00000000)        Err#25 ENOTTY
_sigaction(2, 0x2FF22090, 0x2FF220A0)           = 0
_sigaction(18, 0x2FF22090, 0x2FF220A0)          = 0
__ksetjmp(0x30412E50, 0x00000000, 2, 0x30412EB4, 0x2FF22280, 0x22222202, 0x30005CA4, 0xD0187128) = 0
kwrite(1, "1B [ ? 1 0 4 9 l", 8)         = 8
kioctl(2, 21511, 0xF050BF66, 0x00000000)        = 0
unlink("/home/prices02/Ex88562")                = 0
kwrite(1, "1B [ J", 3)                                = 3
kwrite(1, "1B [ ? 1 2 l1B [ ? 2 5 h", 12)     = 12
kfcntl(1, F_GETFL, 0x00000000)                  = 67110914
kfcntl(2, F_GETFL, 0x2FF22FFC)                  = 67110914
_exit(1)

# 21  
Old 01-03-2018
okay.
Code:
kopen("/var/tmp/Ex50270", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_EXCL, S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR) = 3
close(3)                                        = 0
kopen("/var/tmp/Ex50270", O_RDWR)               Err#13 EACCES

What this code does:
call creat() to open a new file, which returns 3 == okay
call close on 3, which is okay.
finally it tries to open the newly created file for read write and fails.
This file is the temporary workfile, and does not have anything to do with .exrc

I am guessing something weird has happened in /var/tmp. I would guess there are Exnnnnn files there with bad file attributes - the files should all be cleaned up when vi (or any other editor ) exits.

Try setting the TMPDIR variable for a user with the problem - my assumption here is that /tmp is truly a separate directory object from /var/tmp. Correct me if I'm wrong -
like tmp is a symlink to /var/tmp (I do not know AIX, except that it has tricked me in the the past.)
Code:
export TMPDIR=/tmp

Then try vi. If it works then - /var/tmp and friends have an issue.
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