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# 1  
Old 01-02-2018
VI command not working

Hello all,
I've got a production system that the DBA complained that the vi command was no longer working for the oracle service account for a particular instance. When I logged in as myself, I noticed that it wasn't working for my user either.
When invoked, it just returns to the prompt with an error code of 1. When I run it with sudo it works as expected.
Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$vi test.txt
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$echo $?
1
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$sudo vi test.txt
Password:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$echo $?
0
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$

There don't appear to be any aliases or other redirects, since when I run
Code:
/usr/bin/vi test.txt

I get the same result.

Is there a way to trace the reason I'm getting an exit code of 1 for the process?
# 2  
Old 01-02-2018
what is the output of
Code:
which vi

# 3  
Old 01-02-2018
Here's the output

Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$which vi
/usr/bin/vi
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$ls -al /usr/bin/vi
-r-xr-xr-x    5 bin      bin          364544 Aug 22 2014  /usr/bin/vi

Thanks!
# 4  
Old 01-02-2018
What is the output of:
Code:
ls -ld .

and of:
Code:
type vi

# 5  
Old 01-02-2018
Code:
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$ls -ld .
drwxr-xr-x    3 prices02 sysadm         4096 Jan 02 10:12 .
patloradb01a:/home/prices02 >$type vi
vi is a tracked alias for /usr/bin/vi

# 6  
Old 01-02-2018
If you issue the command:
Code:
ldd /usr/bin/vi

You will see the libraries that vi uses. It could be that one or more of those libraries are not readable by ordinary users..
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# 7  
Old 01-02-2018
Also try running strace and check what is going on:-
Code:
strace -o trace.out vi test.txt

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