Hi,

I am unable to create/open any file in vi editor for normal user, though using root I am able to create/open any file, using redhat 5.5,

example
vi test

it showing nothing after entering command

Showing nothing - as in the command prompt hangs?

it is showing just like below
[test@test123 ~]$ vi test
[test@test123 ~]$

What happens if you use the full path, e.g. ?

change the /var/tmp to 777 permission

Regards
Vinodh

Hi,
Don't dig up a year old thread please.

And if you do want to contribute make sure your solution is correct! Both /tmp and /var/tmp should be 1777 and not 777!!

Hi druuna

If you had know solutions one year why can't you updated ? I had to search for 15 mins. 777 works fine for me. And I do n't want other to search and waste 15 mins of time as this is the 1st result for vi editor with such problem. Please note people looking into forum when the face issue not every time like you and find fault for no reason

Regards
Vinodh

Hi,
I don't know the answer to this one. And although you claim your answer is the correct one, neither do you....

You are not the OP of this thread, this thread does not have the [SOLVED] tag, so for all we know this is still unresolved.

777 are the wrong permissions for /var/tmp and /tmp. Setting these permission _will_ get you into trouble!
The permissions on both directories are 1777. This is default/mandatory!

I have good reason to add my previous reply: To make sure that people that stumble upon this thread would know that your solution is wrong!

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