Password-Store Digest, Vol 42, Issue 29

[Jonathan Clark]

Thanks for the help.

Here is the output of ls -ld /dev/shm:
drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 220 Nov 30 11:10 /dev/shm

Looks ok to me. Still baffled.

On 30 November 2016 at 11:00, <password-store-request at lists.zx2c4.com>
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> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:13:21 +0000
> From: Jonathan Clark <ads at whatho.net>
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> Subject: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)
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> When I try to edit an existing password using vim, when it comes time to
> save (I enter :w as a vim command) I get a message
> "/dev/shm/pass.tQVSIzXmX17hI/McsB5-test-pass.txt" E212: Cannot open file
> for writing
>
>
> "/dev/shm/pass.BrDRETCxY0V0s/DlvET-visa...3603.txt" E212: Cannot open file
> for writing".
>
> I'm sure I used to be able to edit passwords, but I can't work out why I
> can't save to /dev/shm. Does anybody have any ideas?
>
> Steps to recreate:
>
> 1) pass add test-pass (followed by entering the password twice)
> 2) pass show test-pass N.B. works fine and displays password from previous
> step
> 3) pass edit test-pass
>
> opens instance of gvim, so I make a change and :w and I get the error
> message above.
>
>
> Notes:
>
>
>    1. mount | grep "shm" gives
>    tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
>    2. df -h | grep shm gives
>    tmpfs                  3.8G  152M  3.7G   4% /dev/shm i.e. we're not out
>    of temp disk space
>    3. crontab -e works, so saving to a temporary file seems to work
>    4. with EDITOR set to nano, it seems to work
>
> Thanks,
> A
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> Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 18:51:48 +0100
> From: Renato Alves <alves.rjc at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)
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> Most likely permissions. Try: ls -ld /dev/shm
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> On 29/11/16 18:13, Jonathan Clark wrote:
> > When I try to edit an existing password using vim, when it comes time to
> save (I enter :w as a vim command) I get a message
> > "/dev/shm/pass.tQVSIzXmX17hI/McsB5-test-pass.txt" E212: Cannot open
> file for writing
> >
> >
> > "/dev/shm/pass.BrDRETCxY0V0s/DlvET-visa...3603.txt" E212: Cannot open
> file for writing".
> >
> > I'm sure I used to be able to edit passwords, but I can't work out why I
> can't save to /dev/shm. Does anybody have any ideas?
> >
> > Steps to recreate:
> >
> > 1) pass add test-pass (followed by entering the password twice)
> > 2) pass show test-pass N.B. works fine and displays password from
> previous step
> > 3) pass edit test-pass
> >
> >     opens instance of gvim, so I make a change and :w and I get the
> error message above.
> >
> >
> > Notes:
> >
> >  1. mount | grep "shm" gives
> >     tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
> >  2. df -h | grep shm gives
> >     tmpfs                  3.8G  152M  3.7G   4% /dev/shm i.e. we're not
> out of temp disk space
> >  3. crontab -e works, so saving to a temporary file seems to work
> >  4. with EDITOR set to nano, it seems to work
> >
> > Thanks,
> > A
> >
> >
> >
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