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# 1  
Old 08-09-2012
Odd vi error
Hello,
I have a weird think going on, on one of my servers.
Code:
vi filename
"/var/tmp" No such file or directory

What going on here?
# 2  
Old 08-09-2012
vi is using /var/tmp to store temporary files. It seems your server is lacking that directory.
# 3  
Old 08-09-2012
Thank for your help
I thinking that as well and made the directory. vi seems to work now. I don't know why the directory was missing. The permission on the directory on anther server is drwxrwxrwt. What is the t at the end? I will have to look it up.
# 4  
Old 08-09-2012
It is sticky bit. You can set it using:
Code:
chmod +t /var/tmp

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Old 08-09-2012
Sticky bit is usually set on /tmp/ because it alters how permissions work on a folder. It means that users can't delete files that don't belong to them, as opposed to the usual behavior where having write-permissions on the folder means you're allowed to delete any files in it.
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