On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 22:01:41 +0100, Simon McVittie <s...@debian.org> wrote: >On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 at 21:49:29 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: >> It has (finally, and to late) occurred to me that >> >> |# back up /etc/default/foo >> |cp /etc/default/foo ~/foo >> |(try something in /etc/default) >> |sudo mv ~/foo /etc/default/foo >> > >For your use-case above, I'd suggest sudoedit(8), which copies the file >to be edited into /var/tmp, runs your $EDITOR as you, and if the file >was modified by the time your editor exits, copies it back.
That doesn't help here. One needs to do the backup with elevated privileges. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834
