In that case, is there already an 'afiedt.buf' file in your $HOME, owned by someone else? -Mark Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is." --Horace Walpole -----Original Message----- From: maheswara.rao@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:maheswara.rao@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:20 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: sp2-0110 Cannot create save file "afiedt.buf" - help please Yes. DBA group have write access to my home directory. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Thomas Day Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:11 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: sp2-0110 Cannot create save file "afiedt.buf" - help please Does the DBA group have write access to your home dictionary? <maheswara.rao @brass.com> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: cc: oracle-l-bounce Subject: sp2-0110 Cannot create save file "afiedt.buf" - help please 02/25/2004 10:42 AM Please respond to oracle-l OS : Solaris 8 Database : 817 Recently our root disk crashed and the sysadmin changed my home directory. Now, in SQLPLUS when I try to edit I get this error. sp2-0110 Cannot create save file "afiedt.buf" I checked the permissions. At unix level, I could create a file through vi in my home directory. In my .profile, I have EDITOR=vi. Please help in resolving this. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------