*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 58002 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58002
to fix this you just have to: $ chmod currentUser:currentUser ~/.nano_history if the error persists try: $ sudo chmod o+rw ~/.nano_history that way nano can read the file no matter who the owner is. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to nano in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/188534 Title: [hardy] nano Error reading ~/.nano_history: Permission denied Status in nano package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Binary package hint: nano secret@celery:/etc/X11$ nano xorg.conf Error reading /home/secret/.nano_history: Permission denied Press Enter to continue starting nano. Then nano starts as normal. It happens every time. nano 2.0.7-1 Looking at the perms of ./nano_history only root has read access. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nano/+bug/188534/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp