[email protected] wrote:
> > I think the failsafe is "run su".
> 
> Visudo(8) style wrapper for doas(1) that would respect the editor
> preferences... is only a suggestion, no? We're 2015 here.

and vipf after that? there are countless config files, even more dangerous
than doas.conf, that you edit at your own peril.

> > Since it is possible to configure doas to
> > even less than "permit :wheel" this would in some cases be a fail open.
> 
> I'm not sure how much exactly "flak" I'd get about this, but: is the
> "permit" word specifically chosen in the DSL for this?

there's not a of meaning behind "permit", other than that it's a word that
seems appropriate.

> P.S. My opinion has zero value but why can't su(1) work this purpose?

The semantics of su are different in a couple and people seem to like using
sudo. Trying to share code with su risks muddying up that code and introducing
mistakes.

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