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I really wish I could, but I don't have any access to Vi. The best I could do was tell you that it is AIX

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So is there a way you can help me even if I don't have the output from the uname -a command?

We are not withholding things from you out of spite... The system may be important, particularly for how it supports ACLs and the like.

How are you even going to accomplish this solution without a terminal?

I am only trying to find information pertaining to if what I am asking can be done in Vi. I don't have access to Vi. I am trying to gather as much information as possible, with what I have. I apologize for not being as much help as I'd like to be, but I really don't have anything you guys are asking.

If you have heard of this being done before in Vi, please let me know----

o " Require that the Unix editor “vi” to have version control available. While working in Vi, users would be able to keep all the previous versions of the script from being edited. If an attempt is made to edit a script from command line (using Vi), an error message should be shown, coaxing the user to edit the script from a Windows Sub-version environment. The user, however, should be able read and execute script."

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This is literally all I need to know. It shouldn't matter what OS is being ran, I just want to know if anybody has ever seen or heard of Vi having version control available; to where users would be able to keep all versions of the script from being edited. If an attempt is made, a message should be shown telling the user to edit the script in subversion. The user should only be able to read and execute script.


Can this be done?

If you set a script read-only then they will get 'permission denied' when they try to write to it, but it won't say 'edit in subversion'. I think you'd have to customize vi to do that.

Is that also for the 'owner' as well? My boss wants absolutely no editing to be permitted in Vi. Only read and execute.

Root users will override this, otherwise it should restrict it for the owner as well. Still, knowing the system would help make it more specific.

A bigger problem would be preventing them from just doing 'chmod +w scriptname' out of frustration, or deleting it, or other such tomfoolery.

Realistically speaking, if you don't want them to edit these things -- why are they the owner?

To be honest, I have no idea actually. Different developers get different access. Maybe my boss is just looking for a quick fix rather than going in and removing people as owners. I honestly don't know.

I really do appreciate your help Corona, I'm sorry I couldn't provide you with as much information as I would have liked to. Hopefully when I conduct further research I can tell him some sort of solution, whether it be just removing write permissions from everyone.