On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 10:00 PM, Clint Savage <herlo1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 9:54 PM, Andrew Ross
<anross(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Kushal,
>>
>> Btw, why we do need to use visudo than simple vi ? What is the difference
>> ?
>>
>> Kushal
>>
>
> By default /etc/sudoers is read only.
>
> visudo lets you edit and save. vi the same file and you have to force save.
>
> /me guesses its just added security....
>
That's not the only reason. Try catching an error / typo while just
using vi/vim. With visudo, it validates syntax too.
Clint
Oh, and if you use visudo, if you set your $EDITOR variable, it
doesn't require vi/vim.
Clint