Re: vim vs nano on editing system files

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Owens" <rowens@ptd.net>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dahong Tang" <tang.dahong@gmail.com>
>
> > Here are the commands that I tested:
> >
> > $ sudo touch testvim
> > $ ls -al
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 8 08:25 testvim
> > $ vi testvim
> > :w!
> > :q
> > $ ls -al
> > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 Aug 8 08:26 testvim
> >
> > I don't understand why vim would override both file permission and
> > ownership. Any ideas?
> >
>
> I can't reproduce this. When I enter :w! I get the following
> message:
>
> "testvim" E212: Can't open file for writing
> Press ENTER or type command to continue
>
> This is on a Debian Wheezy system with the packaged version of vim.
>
I tried the above in the /tmp directory. When I try it in my own home directory, it indeed works like Dahong says.

-Rob

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