Just a wild suggestion. Maybe the file needs to be writeable by world? so chmod a+w your reminder file might be all that is needed. But of course this might have implications for other security problems.
any thoughts from more experienced users? Shelagh On 2 February 2013 10:53, Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA < [email protected]> wrote: > > I have to NFS servers, both with the same problem: > > [bobg@box7 ~]$ /usr/bin/tkremind > /mnt/BOX48/notecase/notecase/**stuff.ncd > > TkRemind Copyright (C) 1996-1998 David F. Skoll > Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Roaring Penguin Software Inc. > Error in startup script: Reminders for Friday, 1st February, > 2013 (today): > > child process exited abnormally > while executing > "exec -keepnewline $Remind -g -q -r $ReminderFile 2>/dev/null" > (procedure "ShowTodaysReminders" line 25) > invoked from within > "ShowTodaysReminders" > (procedure "main" line 19) > invoked from within > "main" > (file "/usr/bin/tkremind" line 2936) > > I recently upgraded from Fedora 17 to 18 one one computer, I > replaced F-18 with Scientific Linux 6.3 on this one, both protest > "Can't write reminder file "mnt/BOX48/rem/reminders" > > The server seems to be mounted and I can "ls" the files: > > [bobg@box7 ~]$ ll /mnt/BOX48/notecase/notecase/**stuff.ncd > -rw-rw-r--. 1 bobg bobg 1095795 Feb 1 12:18 > /mnt/BOX48/notecase/notecase/**stuff.ncd > > Setting SELinux to permissive does not seem to make any difference. > It looks like the remind file is damaged ... > > I don't know that this is enough information to work with but I am > lost at this point. > > Any suggestion what to look at next will be appreciated. > > Bob > > -- > http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD > > box7 Scientific Linux 6.3 > > ______________________________**_________________ > Remind-fans mailing list > Remind-fans@lists.**roaringpenguin.com<[email protected]> > http://lists.roaringpenguin.**com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/**remind-fans<http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans> > Remind is at > http://www.roaringpenguin.com/**products/remind<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind> > _______________________________________________ Remind-fans mailing list [email protected] http://lists.roaringpenguin.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/remind-fans Remind is at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/products/remind
