That does indeed sound like a privilege issue: you should be able to save ~/.cshrc as yourself. However, this probably isn't covered by the utility, because that's geared for repairing privileges on the system, rather than those for individual users.
Check whether you own your home directory: ls -l /Users On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 09:14, Jason S. Zack, Ph.D. wrote: > Hi, I�m having some problems installing and using Fink. I�ve installed and > used it fine in the past, but have since erased and not used it in a while. > > When I follow the installation instructions, everything seems to go fine, > but then the problems begin. > > I have trouble editing my .cshrc file (or rather, saving the edited file) > unless I sudo pico. > > Then when I run fink the command isn�t recognized. > > I�m running OSX 10.2.3 > > This sounds to me like a privileges problem, but I�ve tried repairing the > privileges using Apple�s Disk Utility and that doesn�t seem to help. > > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > > jszack > Miami, FL > > PS�I�ve also been having problems where my IE settings (like tab to fields > only) aren�t remembered by IE, so this again points to the privileges > problem, but I can�t seem to fix it. Thanks for your assistance! -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
