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# 1  
Old 06-24-2007
Java edit env. setting
hi eveybody,

i m trying to set acl using acledit command in AIX box
but wat im gettung is

3002-100 acledit: EDITOR environment variable not set


can anyone help me out how 2 set editor....................


thanks in advance
# 2  
Old 06-24-2007
Code:
EDITOR=vi
export EDITOR

# 3  
Old 06-25-2007
srry,

still im not clear,
where i hav 2 specify these things??????
# 4  
Old 06-25-2007
Because your EDITOR variable has not been set in /etc/profile. Incidentally this is AIX so all you need to do is:

export EDITOR=vi

Set this varialbe in /etc/profile and this will resolve the problem permanently.
# 5  
Old 07-03-2007
If you don't have root access, you can set this in your own $HOME/.profile
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