update... i've verified that i did something.. but i'm not sure what... if i do a chmod -R 777 foo, then i can use gnome to edit/create files, as this essentially is opening up the dir structure to everyone... which is not the setup that was there initially... still not sure as to what changed, or what led to the change.... any pointers/thoughts??? -thanks -bruce -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of bruce Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 1:31 PM To: 'For users of Fedora Core releases' Subject: unable to write/create new files using gnome editor.. hi... i'm running into a problem where i'm unable to write/create files under the root '/' dir structure.. i'm not sure what has happened to cause this behavior... everything was working ok earlier... i can only assume that i somehow did something to screw something up... i'm logged in as root.. but get the same behavior as other users.. when i do a df -haT i get: [test@lserver4 /]$ df -haT Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 ext3 18G 2.3G 15G 14% / none proc 0 0 0 - /proc none sysfs 0 0 0 - /sys none devpts 0 0 0 - /dev/pts usbfs usbfs 0 0 0 - /proc/bus/usb /dev/hda1 ext3 99M 8.8M 85M 10% /boot none tmpfs 188M 0 188M 0% /dev/shm none binfmt_misc 0 0 0 - /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc sunrpc rpc_pipefs 0 0 0 - /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs if i take an existing file, and i change it to chmod 777 foo, then i can open/write the file using 'vi'. however, i can't seem to create a new file, or open up any existing file for write, using gnome/edit... any idea/pointers in what may have caused this behavior, or what i can do to get back the ability to create new files, edit/write files..??? the system is kind of useless if i can't do basic file edit!! thanks -bruce bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
