Ulf Volmer wrote: > On 01.11.2017 00:00, deloptes wrote: >> Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: > >>> Now under Devuan, crontab opens the file with nano, which I hate, >>> abominate, pursue with intense loathing... > >> sudo update-alternatives --config editor > > select-editor(1) is also an option (configurable per user). available in > package sensible-utils (in the default install AFAIK). > > best regards > Ulf
Indeed, thanks for the hint, however OP wanted to edit crontab, which needs root access.