I don't see what's wrong either. Looks fine to me. Have you tried creating a file manually there?
On 30/11/16 12:12, Jonathan Clark wrote: > Thanks for the help. > > Here is the output of ls -ld /dev/shm: > drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 220 Nov 30 11:10 /dev/shm > > Looks ok to me. Still baffled. > > On 30 November 2016 at 11:00, <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Send Password-Store mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store > <https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store> > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Password-Store digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim) (Jonathan Clark) > 2. Re: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim) > (Renato Alves) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:13:21 +0000 > From: Jonathan Clark <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim) > Message-ID: > > <cahpvvmy1k99_zegw3nmbsl1yldpx53wsnxhdtkn_h+4pyhn...@mail.gmail.com > <mailto:cahpvvmy1k99_zegw3nmbsl1yldpx53wsnxhdtkn_h%[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > When I try to edit an existing password using vim, when it comes time to > save (I enter :w as a vim command) I get a message > "/dev/shm/pass.tQVSIzXmX17hI/McsB5-test-pass.txt" E212: Cannot open file > for writing > > > "/dev/shm/pass.BrDRETCxY0V0s/DlvET-visa...3603.txt" E212: Cannot open file > for writing". > > I'm sure I used to be able to edit passwords, but I can't work out why I > can't save to /dev/shm. Does anybody have any ideas? > > Steps to recreate: > > 1) pass add test-pass (followed by entering the password twice) > 2) pass show test-pass N.B. works fine and displays password from previous > step > 3) pass edit test-pass > > opens instance of gvim, so I make a change and :w and I get the error > message above. > > > Notes: > > > 1. mount | grep "shm" gives > tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) > 2. df -h | grep shm gives > tmpfs 3.8G 152M 3.7G 4% /dev/shm i.e. we're not > out > of temp disk space > 3. crontab -e works, so saving to a temporary file seems to work > 4. with EDITOR set to nano, it seems to work > > Thanks, > A > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/attachments/20161129/2af0330c/attachment-0001.html > > <http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/attachments/20161129/2af0330c/attachment-0001.html>> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:51:48 +0100 > From: Renato Alves <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim) > Message-ID: <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" > > Most likely permissions. Try: ls -ld /dev/shm > > > > On 29/11/16 18:13, Jonathan Clark wrote: > > When I try to edit an existing password using vim, when it comes time > to save (I enter :w as a vim command) I get a message > > "/dev/shm/pass.tQVSIzXmX17hI/McsB5-test-pass.txt" E212: Cannot open > file for writing > > > > > > "/dev/shm/pass.BrDRETCxY0V0s/DlvET-visa...3603.txt" E212: Cannot open > file for writing". > > > > I'm sure I used to be able to edit passwords, but I can't work out why > I can't save to /dev/shm. Does anybody have any ideas? > > > > Steps to recreate: > > > > 1) pass add test-pass (followed by entering the password twice) > > 2) pass show test-pass N.B. works fine and displays password from > previous step > > 3) pass edit test-pass > > > > opens instance of gvim, so I make a change and :w and I get the > error message above. > > > > > > Notes: > > > > 1. mount | grep "shm" gives > > tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev) > > 2. df -h | grep shm gives > > tmpfs 3.8G 152M 3.7G 4% /dev/shm i.e. we're > not out of temp disk space > > 3. crontab -e works, so saving to a temporary file seems to work > > 4. with EDITOR set to nano, it seems to work > > > > Thanks, > > A > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Password-Store mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store > <https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store> > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: signature.asc > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 801 bytes > Desc: OpenPGP digital signature > URL: > <http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/attachments/20161129/14c53d23/attachment-0001.asc > > <http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/password-store/attachments/20161129/14c53d23/attachment-0001.asc>> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Password-Store mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store > <https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store> > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Password-Store Digest, Vol 42, Issue 29 > ********************************************** > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Password-Store mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.zx2c4.com/mailman/listinfo/password-store >
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