i am using vim to add the one and only name in a usr account to the groups file for printing. i am working with debian 6.0 with out any form of a GUI to learn system admin with an explicit aim in setting up a lan for web development. but as many voices scream, read the docs, as i do. i have been through program language C and PHP. but when it comes to Linux in general, i just want to scream. Thank you for the words.
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:39 AM, Jon Dowland <j...@debian.org> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 05:18:52AM -0800, james gray wrote: > > which vim > > /usr/bin/vim > > ls -l /usr/bin/vim > > lrwxrwxrwx -> etc/alternatives/vim > > ls -l etc/alternatives/vim > > lrwxrwxrwx -> /usr/bin/vim.basic > > the name "/usr/bin/vim" is managed by the alternatives system (see > update-alternatives(8)) in order that the name can be used by more > than one Debian package, and so those packages can be co-installed. > > So in my case: > > $ update-alternatives --list vim > /usr/bin/vim.gnome > > Slightly different results for the binary name 'vi': > > $ update-alternatives --list vi > /usr/bin/elvisnox > /usr/bin/vim.gnome > /usr/bin/vim.tiny > $ readlink -f $(which vi) > /usr/bin/vim.gnome > > > is there a for see able security issue coming from the programers view > > point , to have vim.basic with its file access as they are root root > > rwxr-xr-x. > > No. > > > can the end usr mutilate the file access and group of vim.basic and > change > > to: > > > > root admin rwxrwx--- > > The end-user couldn't, except by elevating to root via sudo or similar. > Why would you want to do this? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121115133941.GC9810@debian > >
