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I have a problem with writing a file to /tmp as normal user (not root). I got this error when I wanted to write with vi.<br />
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&quot;/tmp/test.txt&quot;<br />
&quot;/tmp/test.txt&quot; E212: Can't open file for writing<br />
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ls -ld /tmp<br />
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Jul &nbsp;9 12:17 /tmp<br />
uname -a<br />
Linux xxx-yyy 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 13:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux<br />
Do you know which part I need to check?
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I have a problem with writing a file to /tmp as normal user (not root). I got this error when I wanted to write with vi.
-------
"/tmp/test.txt"
"/tmp/test.txt" E212: Can't open file for writing
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ls -ld /tmp
drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 Jul  9 12:17 /tmp
uname -a
Linux xxx-yyy 2.6.18-128.el5 #1 SMP Wed Dec 17 13:41:38 EST 2008 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Do you know which part I need to check?

E212: Can't write a file on /tmp on Linux

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