1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/pane.zig b/src/ninep/pane.zig
index f69813b0..48c2888e 100644
--- a/src/ninep/pane.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/pane.zig
@@ -936,10 +936,11 @@ fn writeName(p: *Pardes, req: Req, id: usize, pane: *Pane) Reply {
     const name = if (std.mem.endsWith(u8, req.data, "\n")) req.data[0 .. req.data.len - 1] else req.data;
     if (name.len == 0) return tree.failText(req.tag, E.INVAL, e_name_char ++ ": an empty name");
     if (nameFault(name)) |why| return tree.failText(req.tag, E.INVAL, why);
-    if (fileOf(pane) == null) return tree.failText(req.tag, E.PERM, if (pane.isTerminal())
-        "rename not allowed: a terminal is named by its shell's directory; cd there, or Tty in another"
+    // Words 9ns maps to EINVAL, as every refusal of a name here.
+    if (fileOf(pane) == null) return tree.failText(req.tag, E.INVAL, if (pane.isTerminal())
+        "invalid rename: a terminal is named by its shell's directory; cd there, or Tty in another"
     else
-        "rename not allowed: an image or PDF is named by the file it shows");
+        "invalid rename: an image or PDF is named by the file it shows");
     var home_buf: [4096]u8 = undefined;
     const full = std.fs.path.resolvePosix(p.scratch.allocator(), &.{ pardes.Pardes.paneDir(pane), fs.expandHome(name, &home_buf) }) catch
         return Reply.fail(req.tag, E.NOMEM);
@@ -1126,8 +1127,8 @@ test "a terminal is listed as term with its directory as name" {
     ) != null);
     try testing.expectEqualStrings("/work/dir\n", rd(p, Node.of(pane.serial, .name), 0, 4096).bytes);
     const refused = wr(p, Node.of(pane.serial, .name), "/elsewhere\n");
-    try testing.expectEqual(E.PERM, refused.errno());
-    try testing.expect(std.mem.startsWith(u8, refused.reply.ename, "rename not allowed: a terminal is named"));
+    try testing.expectEqual(E.INVAL, refused.errno());
+    try testing.expect(std.mem.startsWith(u8, refused.reply.ename, "invalid rename: a terminal is named"));
 }
 
 test "body reads at any offset and writes append" {