Re: edquota noob question

#1 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:29 AM

"Dorian Büttner" <dorian.buettner@gmx.de> wrote in message
news:bhqpbl$gb7$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> hi all,
> I was just trying around with file system quotas, and the openbsd faq is
> quite well explanatory on how to set up stuff - but the edquota command is
> driving me nuts:
> it launches vi, where I can enter my file system limits, I commit this
using
> ctrl-c, colon w, colon q to write changes and to quit vi and then what
> should next happen? vi exits, not dropping me back to the shell, just
> leaving blinking cursor, allowing me nothing to do any more.
> Is there any key combination to press?
> thanx,
> Dorian

I use :x to save and quit.

Steve
http://www.fivetrees.com
http://www.sfdesign.co.uk

#2 (**permalink**) 02-16-2008, 04:29 AM

steve at fivetrees wrote:

> I use :x to save and quit.

Yeah, this works for leaving vi, too, but I'm then hanging round back in the
edquota, that neither doesn't drop me back to the shell nor changes any
quota so far.

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