On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:42:14AM -0000, Pascal wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Paul" <pfrederick1@...> wrote: > > > I didn't know you could edit the sudoers with a plain text editor. I > > thought that was what visudo was for? > > > Isn't that what visudo actually does? Open the sudoers-file with vi? > It opens the sudoers file with the default editor. For example, I believe that on Ubuntu, it will open the sudoers file with nano.
The other thing it does is check for syntax errors. That is, if you make a syntax error while editing, it will warn you. You can edit the sudoers file with any text editor, visudo is just a bit of an additional safeguard. -- Scott Robbins PGP keyID EB3467D6 ( 1B48 077D 66F6 9DB0 FDC2 A409 FA54 EB34 67D6 ) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6 Buffy: I didn't jump to conclusions. I took a small step, and conclusions there were. ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
