Mr. Beartooth:
beartooth wrote:
Ah, yes, sudo .... <sigh> I remember sudo. I saw very early on that it was something I needed. [...] Anyone know of enough of a pons asinorum somewhere that would let me learn just enough vi to use sudo? Is visudo it, by any chance?
Here are some useful (and thankfully brief) links for sudo, vi, and visudo:
<http://www.mklinux.org/getting_started/whatnow/sudo.html> <http://www.tech-geeks.org/contrib/mdrone/LinuxWorkshop/newbie-linux-manual/sections/vi.html> <http://www.sharplabs.com:8668/space/Updating+YDL/Doing+things+as+root>
These should answer *most* of your questions.
(Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking man pages. [...]
Really? I loathe them as a rule, myself. Perhaps you are more patient than am I. ;-)
Best wishes, Clint
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