Can't save a file

[Jake Posey_1]

After editing the /etc/fstab file and attemping to save the file I get "Can't open file for writing". The editor I'm using is vi. I can create a file in /tmp but I cannot in /. I ran into this before but don't remember the fix beside rebooting.

Thanks,
Jake

[Himanshu_3]

Hi Jake,

Check the permissions of files and folders , to me it primarily looks to be a permissions issue.

Cheers,
Himanshu

[Jake Posey_1]

That's not the case. The permissions are 644 and I'm logged on as root. It thinks / is mounted as a read only file system. That is not the case.

Thanks

[Mel Burslan]

are you sure your /var/tmp is not full. vi saves the transient file at this location not /tmp.

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

only thing I could imagine - are you rlogged in?

Volkmar

[Muthukumar_5]

I hope file system /var may be full. Check with bdf statistics. It will give you the correct answer to your problem.

hth.

[RAC_1]

check perms on following files/dirs.

/etc
/etc/fstab
/
/var/
/var/tmp
/tmp

Any of these file systems full??