have u checked the permissions and owner of the file??
On Wed, 2003-12-17 at 09:48, MALKIAT BENIPAL wrote: 

> Dear guys,
>  
> While I was working in linux (Mandrake 9.0) suddenly there was a power fluctuation 
> due to loose connection of cables between my PC and my UPS sockets. With the result 
> the PC rebooted. 
>  
> Now when I login in my user and use vi editor to open a new file or save an existing 
> file after working with it and when I try to save the same, I get the error message 
> as 'can not open the existing file for writing' thereby I am unable to save my file. 
> Even if I try to save this file with another name eg. ' : wq! malkiat ' I get the 
> same error message. 
>  
> Please help me how I can set the file permission of my respective users to their 
> earlier state. Please guide and I shall be verymuch thankful to you.
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> 
> 
> 
> MALKIAT
>  
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