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In article <BwLuuC.B22@fc.hp.com> rwp@fc.hp.com (Bob Proulx) writes:
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>Kamal Foudil-Bey (foudil@npac.syr.edu) wrote:
>> I added a user  to my system to avoid working as root.
>> Everything is fine except for the fact  that when I use
>> "vi" I get a message "/tmp file does not exist". What do
>> I have to do to solve that?
>
>You probably have the permissions on /tmp messed up.
>
>chmod 777 /tmp
>chmod 777 /usr/tmp
>
>This should fix the problem.
>Bob Proulx
>rwp@fc.hp.com

But remember the sticky bit!!! It should be

   chmod 1777 /tmp
   chmod 1777 /usr/tmp

It won't affect your system as long as you're alone but anyway...

/Kristian Ejvind