In article <20010729201107.GPSP5127.mtiwmhc25.worldnet.att.net@webmail.worldnet.att.net> you wrote:
> 2. I get the following message from time to time...
> 
> syslogd: /var/log/daemon-debug: No such file or  
> directory
> 
> So my 2nd question is: What do I do about that? Create a 
> directory? Touch a filename?

Check /etc/syslog.conf. /var/log/daemon-debug is not in 
the default config, and was probably added by you or some
program. Make sure y ou want that.

For the start, a touch on that file should do.


> So my 3rd  question is: How do I satisfy the machine that 
> it need not remind me further, so that I stop getting 
> these  emails at every reboot? 

Either do as the mail directs you and start "vi -r", or if you
just want to get rid of the saved vi buffers, rm /var/tmp/vi.recover/*


 - Hubert

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