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after updating to Catalina I was suddenly unable to edit my own ~/.ssh/config. I still can't figure out why not. I could rename it and make a copy, though, and

by a1k0n 7y ago

after updating to Catalina I was suddenly unable to edit my own ~/.ssh/config. I still can't figure out why not. I could rename it and make a copy, though, and the old one shows this: -rw-r--r--@ 1 aaaaaaa staff 2571 Sep 15 2017 config~ com.apple.finder.copy.source.checksum#N 4 com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineNewestSnapshot 50 com.apple.metadata:_kTimeMachineOldestSnapshot 50 that file remains read-only to me. what is going on?

geoelectric 7y ago
Dumb question, of course, but you're logged in as aaaaaaa, right? That's what whoami returns?
- a1k0n 7y ago
  yes yes, it is owned by me. i edited my username in the "screenshot".
coldtea 7y ago
It doesn't say "config" above, it says "config~". Isn't that like a Vim backup file? Or that's the copy you renamed?
- ashton314 7y ago
  I think that's an emacs backup file. Does Vim also use the <filename>~ format too?
- a1k0n 7y ago
  i mv'd config to config~, then made a copy of it as config. the old file, now renamed to config~, is still read-only.