--- In [email protected], Scott <scottro@...> wrote:

> 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.
> 

Didn't know that, now I do!

Pascal




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