[OpenIndiana-discuss] no force write by root user?

Tim Mooney Tim.Mooney at ndsu.edu
Sun Mar 10 01:06:51 UTC 2024


In regard to: [OpenIndiana-discuss] no force write by root user?, Rolf M....:

> if the root user wants to write back a file not writable as set by
> permissions a force write back (wq! in vi) does not work. Is that
> behavior intended? Other OSes as for instance oracle solaris, FreeBSD,
> Solaris 10 and so, allow a force write back

That's not my experience on OI with vim.

Are you sure it's not something like NFS or something else causing that?

Tim
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