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From: Arne Schmitz <arne.schmitz@gmx.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why emacs touches read-only file?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:07:03 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <58ota7F2h6nrhU1@mid.dfncis.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1176957833.977449.134340@e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com

Daniel wrote:

> It is very weird. In my work place, I was using REDHAT 9 and SUSE 9.3.
> In there, emacs (21) write the buffer regardless of the file
> permission. I am using Ubuntu in my home, and installed "GNU Emacs
> 22.0.50.1 (i486-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars) of
> 2006-09-19 on rothera, modified by Debian", which works properly.
> 
> Hmm...Something wrong in the emacs in SUSE 9.3 or REDHAT 9. How can I
> fix the problem? What part should I see?

Does the file you have edited by any chance reside on a networked mount? 

Arne

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2007-04-19 10:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-04-18 18:20 Why emacs touches read-only file? Daniel
2007-04-18 18:49 ` Eric Hanchrow
2007-04-18 19:22 ` Glenn Morris
2007-04-19  3:00   ` Matthew Flaschen
2007-04-19  4:43   ` Daniel
2007-04-19  7:51     ` Glenn Morris
2007-04-19 18:09       ` Daniel
2007-04-19 19:07         ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found]         ` <mailman.2277.1177009971.7795.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2007-04-19 21:28           ` Daniel
2007-04-20  1:02           ` EMacs & X-windows "Wilfred Zegwaard (privé)"
2007-04-20  9:03             ` Peter Dyballa
2007-04-19 10:07     ` Arne Schmitz [this message]
2007-04-19 18:10       ` Why emacs touches read-only file? Daniel
2007-04-20  2:28 ` Tim X
2007-04-20  7:00   ` Daniel
2007-04-20 14:51     ` Daniel
2007-04-21  3:48     ` Tim X
2007-04-21 12:46     ` Johan Bockgård

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