----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Owens" <[email protected]> > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dahong Tang" <[email protected]> > > > Here are the commands that I tested: > > > > $ sudo touch testvim > > $ ls -al > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Aug 8 08:25 testvim > > $ vi testvim > > :w! > > :q > > $ ls -al > > -rw-r--r-- 1 user user 0 Aug 8 08:26 testvim > > > > I don't understand why vim would override both file permission and > > ownership. Any ideas? > > > > I can't reproduce this. When I enter :w! I get the following > message: > > "testvim" E212: Can't open file for writing > Press ENTER or type command to continue > > This is on a Debian Wheezy system with the packaged version of vim. > I tried the above in the /tmp directory. When I try it in my own home directory, it indeed works like Dahong says.
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