title: Cannot edit bash_profile on Mac OsX
body: <p>I am using  MacOSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8.... I am the only user on this machine and I should be admin.</p>
  
  <p>I trying to edit my bash_profile to give it this simple alias:</p>
  
  <p><code>alias server=' open http://localhost:8000 &amp;&amp; python -m SimpleHTTPServer'</code></p>
  
  <p>however when I use the terminal and type: <code>vim ~/. bash_profile</code> and paste in this alias I get message saying I cant save due to permissions.</p>
  
  <p>So then I show all hidden files and go to fix the permissions on this file but the file is all grayed out.... I cant change anything. What can I do??</p>