Re: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

On 02/12/16 11:13, ads wrote: Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at strace, but couldn't see any obvious cause (no EPERM for example). I set up a new user where it all worked properly, so I started to try and find a difference, and realised that my normal userid uses gvim (echo $EDITOR -->

Re: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

Thanks for the suggestion. I looked at strace, but couldn't see any obvious cause (no EPERM for example). I set up a new user where it all worked properly, so I started to try and find a difference, and realised that my normal userid uses gvim (echo $EDITOR --> gvim) while my new test user uses

Re: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

On 01/12/2016 12:20, ads wrote: If I do mkdir /dev/shm/foo, then touch /dev/shm/foo/bar, the file bar gets written correctly. And what if you do "gvim /dev/shm/foo/bar" ? Is it possible that there is an apparmor policy for gvim, which is preventing it opening files under /dev ? Somebody

Re: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

Hi, On Dec 1, 2016 10:53 AM, "ads" wrote: > > I apologise for re-opening this topic. I did not receive the reply kindly sent me by Renato Alves other than as part of a daily digest (I had only subscribed to digests) and I don't know how to simulate a reply to keep the old thread

Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

I apologise for re-opening this topic. I did not receive the reply kindly sent me by Renato Alves other than as part of a daily digest (I had only subscribed to digests) and I don't know how to simulate a reply to keep the old thread going. My original query was as follows: When I try to edit an

Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

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