Re: resolved -- Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-20 Thread Vineet Kumar
* p ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [021220 11:19]: > debs, > > firstly, thanks to all that replied. > i got good info. ("world writeable, > vi.recover"..."glad to meet-'cha'.") > and thirdly, during my morning 75-mile > commute to denver, the thought popped > into my head that i could remove the > ~

resolved -- Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-20 Thread p
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:18:39AM +, p wrote: > debs, > > my .muttrc is "read-only." i need to > modify it, as i've been able to do > in the past. i don't know what i > did to make it r/o. > > (permissions = 666) > > $ ls -la .muttrc > > -rw-rw-rw-1 bt bt 8503 Oct

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-20 Thread Matthew Weier O'Phinney
-- Glyn Millington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Friday, 20 December 2002, 07:29 AM +): > Are you editing .muttrc while mutt is running? Does mutt lock its config > file when it is in action? Mutt doesn't lock the config file while running - I've often made changes to it while running mutt el

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-20 Thread Rob Weir
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:21:28AM +, p wrote: > anyway, i'm able to save changes to the file > _if_ i use the "!" to the command, ":wq". i > guess the file is locked because it's a "hid- > den" file? (the message i get after vi > .muttrc is, ".muttrc already locked, session > is read-only.

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-19 Thread Bob Proulx
p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-20 04:21:28 +]: > > my .muttrc is "read-only." I need to > > > -rw-rw-rw-1 bt bt 8503 Oct 31 00:13 .muttrc That does not look read-only to me. Looks very writable. Too writable. > ...oops, sorry about the "world writeable." > (the three 6'

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-19 Thread Glyn Millington
Are you editing .muttrc while mutt is running? Does mutt lock its config file when it is in action? Glyn -- Debian Home http://www.debian.org Debian Planet http://www.debianplanet.org/ For the children http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-jr/ In a hurry??? http://qref.sourcef

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-19 Thread p
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 05:47:17PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:18:39AM +, p wrote: > > debs, > > > > my .muttrc is "read-only." i need to > > modify it, as i've been able to do > > in the past. i don't know what i > > did to make it r/o. > > > > (permissions = 6

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-19 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:18:39AM +, p wrote: > debs, > > my .muttrc is "read-only." i need to > modify it, as i've been able to do > in the past. i don't know what i > did to make it r/o. > > (permissions = 666) > > $ ls -la .muttrc $ chmod 644 .muttrc > -rw-rw-rw-1 bt bt

Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-19 Thread Thorsten Haude
Hi, * p <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-12-20 02:18]: >my .muttrc is "read-only." i need to >modify it, as i've been able to do >in the past. i don't know what i >did to make it r/o. > >(permissions = 666) > >$ ls -la .muttrc > >-rw-rw-rw-1 bt bt 8503 Oct 31 00:13 .muttrc That

my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

2002-12-19 Thread p
debs, my .muttrc is "read-only." i need to modify it, as i've been able to do in the past. i don't know what i did to make it r/o. (permissions = 666) $ ls -la .muttrc -rw-rw-rw-1 bt bt 8503 Oct 31 00:13 .muttrc (i am user "bt," so i am in the group.) $ groups bt ma