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Fwd: pine -> alpine?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nelson Elhage)
Tue Mar 10 14:44:55 2009
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From: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@MIT.EDU>
To: "linerva@mit.edu" <linerva@mit.edu>
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I'm going to be away from my laptop for most of today, so I can't
debug at the moment.
- Nelson
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> From: Sonia Crago Timberlake <soniat@MIT.EDU>
> Date: March 10, 2009 2:00:02 PM EDT
> To: Nelson Elhage <nelhage@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: pine -> alpine?
>
> oh wait....
> it was fine the first time i started up pine in the new session,
> but now i'm back to this:
> [Can't modify configuration file "/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/
> s/o/soniat/.pinerc": ReadOnly]
>
>
> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Sonia Timberlake wrote:
>
>> looks fine now! thanks.
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Nelson Elhage wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Sonia,
>>> I suspect that this is not an alpine bug, but rather a side-effect
>>> of
>>> an intermittent bug we've been seeing involving whether or not you
>>> get
>>> AFS tokens when you log into Linerva (AFS 'tokens' are what allow
>>> you
>>> to access your own files).
>>> We think we've got the problem fixed at the moment. If you log out
>>> from Linerva entirely and log back in and run pine, do you see the
>>> issue again?
>>> - Nelson
>>> On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 01:07:33PM -0400, Sonia Crago Timberlake
>>> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I use linux.mit.edu for dialup and pine for mit mail (yeah, i
>>>> know...)
>>>> It seems within the last week you've switched from pine to
>>>> alpine, though
>>>> i can't see any messages about this in the linerva mailman
>>>> archive. But
>>>> now i constantly get error messages like:
>>>> [ Cannot open file for writing: Permission denied ] (throughout
>>>> my use)
>>>> Can't write to .pinerc, permission denied (a couple days ago, on
>>>> startup)
>>>> Can't write to .pinerc, file doesn't exist (now, on startup)
>>>> originally (a couple days ago) i did see a .pinerc in my home
>>>> directory,
>>>> but now its gone.
>>>> what's up?
>>
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<html><body bgcolor=3D"#FFFFFF"><div>I'm going to be away from my laptop =
for most of today, so I can't debug at the moment. </div><div><br>- =
Nelson</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div><b>From:</b> Sonia Crago Timberlake <<a =
href=3D"mailto:soniat@MIT.EDU">soniat@MIT.EDU</a>><br><b>Date:</b> March =
10, 2009 2:00:02 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Nelson Elhage <<a =
href=3D"mailto:nelhage@mit.edu">nelhage@mit.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> =
<b>Re: pine -> =
alpine?</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div></div><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><div><span>oh wait....</span><br><span>it was fine the =
first time i started up pine in the new session,</span><br><span>but now =
i'm back to this:</span><br><span> =
[Can't =
modify configuration file "/afs/athena.mit.edu/user/s/o/soniat/.pinerc": =
ReadOnly]</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On Tue, 10 =
Mar 2009, Sonia Timberlake wrote:</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>looks fine now! =
thanks.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Nelson Elhage =
wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>Hi =
Sonia,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>I suspect that this is not =
an alpine bug, but rather a side-effect =
of</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>an intermittent bug we've =
been seeing involving whether or not you =
get</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>AFS tokens when you log =
into Linerva (AFS 'tokens' are what allow =
you</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>to access your own =
files).</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>We think we've got the =
problem fixed at the moment. If you log =
out</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>from Linerva entirely and =
log back in and run pine, do you see =
the</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>issue =
again?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>- =
Nelson</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at =
01:07:33PM -0400, Sonia Crago Timberlake =
wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>Hi,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><=
blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>I use linux.mit.edu for dialup and pine for mit mail =
(yeah, i =
know...)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>It=
seems within the last week you've switched from pine to alpine, =
though</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>i =
can't see any messages about this in the linerva mailman archive. =
But</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>now i constantly get error messages =
like:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span>[ =
Cannot open file for writing: Permission denied ] (throughout my =
use)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>Can't write to .pinerc, permission denied (a couple =
days ago, on =
startup)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>Can't write to .pinerc, file doesn't exist (now, on =
startup)</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>originally (a couple days ago) i did see a .pinerc =
in my home =
directory,</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>but now its =
gone.</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span>what's =
up?</span><br></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></ht=
ml>=
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