resolved -- Re: my .muttrc is locked (i.e., read-only)

[p <pplaw@pcisys.net>]

On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:18:39AM +0000, p wrote:
> debs,
> 
> my .muttrc is "read-only."  i need to
> modify it, as i've been able to do
> in the past.  i don't know what i 
> did to make it r/o.  
> 
> (permissions = 666)
> 
> $ ls -la .muttrc
> 
> -rw-rw-rw-    1 bt       bt           8503 Oct 31 00:13 .muttrc
> 
> 
> (i am user "bt," so i am in the group.)
> 
> $ groups
> 
> bt mail cdrom floppy audio dip postgres
> 
> 
> help is appreciated.
> 
> b.
> 
> //

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debs,

firstly, thanks to all that replied.  
i got good info.  ("world writeable, 
vi.recover"..."glad to meet-'cha'.") 
 
secondly, i still don't know how i 
screwed up the perms.

and thirdly, during my morning 75-mile 
commute to denver, the thought popped 
into my head that i could remove the 
~/vi.recover files, try to move the 
contents of .muttrc to a new filename, 
delete .muttrc, and then copy the con-
tents of that new file back into a 
_new_ .muttrc.

in other words: 

1)  rm /var/tmp/vi.recover/*

2)  cat .muttrc > new_muttrc_for_testing_1a

3)  rm .muttrc

4)  cat new_muttrc_for_testing_1a > .muttrc

(5)) (report back to list.)

oh, yeah....

kthxbye.

b.

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