Re: [OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers file)

2021-08-11 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 08:16:04AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote: > The package visudo not being installed on this system, [...] visudo is not a separate package. It's a program included in the sudo package. unicorn:~$ type visudo visudo is /usr/sbin/visudo unicorn:~$ dpkg -S /usr/sbin/visudo sudo:

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers file)

2021-08-11 Thread Bob Bernstein
On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Roger Price wrote: Young Stefan had fingers so fast No filename was safe from the blast When emacs was "e" It was easy to see sud(o)ers was not meant to last This is fabulous. With two you get egg-roll, but with debian-user you get a...LIMERICK! Who knew? THANKS

[OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers file)

2021-08-10 Thread Stefan Monnier
Roger Price [2021-08-10 11:11:24] wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Bob Bernstein wrote: >> Full disclosure: In a typical Bob fit of impulsivity I, yes, edited this >> file using 'sudo nsno /etc/sudoers'. > My impulse would be to use VISUAL=/usr/bin/emacs visudo -f /etc/sudoers You guys have amazing

Re: [OFFTOPIC] Editing a file (was: percent char '%' in sudoers file)

2021-08-10 Thread Roger Price
On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Stefan Monnier wrote: Roger Price [2021-08-10 11:11:24] wrote: On Tue, 10 Aug 2021, Bob Bernstein wrote: Full disclosure: In a typical Bob fit of impulsivity I, yes, edited this file using 'sudo nsno /etc/sudoers'. My impulse would be to use VISUAL=/usr/bin/emacs visudo