Hi Kev: I previously showed you how to invoke vim so that it successfully opens yum.conf. If you followed the exercise I provided you would notice it left you in /etc where yum.conf is located.
However, if your system doesn't have vim because you didn't select it as a package to be installed that is another matter. You may have to use vi. vi is a similar program to vim; the difference is that vim can show colors of text within a document so that you can identify more easily the difference between a defined function and a variable. This is something some programmers find helpful whereas others don't. In any case, vi is part of the standard YDL installation and should exist on your system. The usage and commands are the same. Just do with vi, the same examples I did with vim and make sure you are in su mode. If you want to check for the existence of vi or vim, or anything else you can do: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# whereis vim vim: /usr/bin/vim /usr/share/vim /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# whereis vi vi: /bin/vi /usr/share/man/man1p/vi.1p.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# whereis xmms xmms: /usr/bin/xmms /usr/lib/xmms /usr/share/xmms /usr/share/man/man1/xmms.1.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 10:52, Kevin McMahon wrote: > I am trying to change the yum.conf file and when I make a change it says > i do not have write privileges, I am doing this as root and am not in a > text editor, just open the file in the directory. I make a change to > where yum will look for headers and I get the above, any clues... I try > and open it with 'vim' as in vim yum.conf and it says vim not a command, > i open the file with vi and there is nothing there... Hope you can help > _______________________________________________ > yellowdog-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general > HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com' _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
