permission problem..

[Piyu_86]

Hi all
I know its a very silly question to ask

I have my file "abc" with only read permission

ls -lrt abc
-r--r--r-- 1 userA users 140 Dec 28 17:09 abc

but now when i am writing in that file using vi editor

i do changes in the file and when i am going to save that file its asking me to use !

vi abc

file contents changed

E45: 'readonly' option is set (add ! to override)

now when i use :wq! in vi editor that file gets modified
but its having only read permission not write how that file contents is being changed
i want the file to be read only and no one can change the file content

[hazel]

You're right, logically it shouldn't do this. But this thread shows that it is possible to set up vim so that it does (and also how to stop it).

[Piyu_86]

thanks hazel
its a great help