[Bug 188534] Re: [hardy] nano Error reading ~/.nano_history: Permission denied

[Fansana]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 58002 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58002

to fix this you just have to:

$ chmod currentUser:currentUser ~/.nano_history

if the error persists try:

$ sudo chmod o+rw ~/.nano_history 
that way nano can read the file no matter who the owner is.

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Title:
  [hardy] nano Error reading ~/.nano_history: Permission denied

Status in nano package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: nano

  secret at celery:/etc/X11$ nano xorg.conf

  Error reading /home/secret/.nano_history: Permission denied

  Press Enter to continue starting nano.

  Then nano starts as normal. It happens every time.

  nano 2.0.7-1

  Looking at the perms of ./nano_history only root has read access.

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