name)"
give a correct-looking response in a reasonable amount of time?
The idea that visudo would *look up your hostname in DNS* is news to
me, and I'm going to insist on some actual *proof* here.
> 'visudo /etc/sudo.conf' shows a line '# Set probe_interfaces
> fa
lains that my hostname can't be found via DNS, which I don't
find surprising since I'm a single user system serving no ports. It's
been like that for years and never caused a problem until I installed
Devuan. 'visudo /etc/sudo.conf' shows a line '# Set probe_inter
'll
> be lazy and blame it on my age.
>
> ;->
>
> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Doug wrote:
>> On 03/20/2011 10:15 PM, Tom H wrote:
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
>>>
>>> It's nano and the reason
On 03/20/2011 10:15 PM, Tom H wrote:
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
It's nano and the reason that nano's called by visudo (paradoxically)
is that visudo calls "/usr/bin/editor" and the alternatives system
maps it to "/usr/bin/nano".
You can run
On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Joel Rees wrote:
It's nano and the reason that nano's called by visudo (paradoxically)
is that visudo calls "/usr/bin/editor" and the alternatives system
maps it to "/usr/bin/nano".
You can run visudo with "EDITOR=vi visudo&qu
(Still forgetting and hitting the reply button instead of reply-all
followed by manually clearing the to: field.
Sorry, Rob.)
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From: Joel Rees
Date: Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [help-a-newb] adduser okay? (problem with authenticating
with gui
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 09:19:51PM +, T o n g wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to configure sudo by file, not by visudo etc?
>
> I know that visudo provides security checks, parses for errors, and
> protects against multiple edits of the file. But each time I just copy
On Thu,09.Oct.08, 03:09:43, T o n g wrote:
> On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:53:34 -0500, ReikoShea wrote:
>
> >> Is it possible to configure sudo by file, not by visudo etc?
> >>
> > Most definitely can just overwrite /etc/sudoers instead of using visudo.
> > Not rec
On Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:53:34 -0500, ReikoShea wrote:
>> Is it possible to configure sudo by file, not by visudo etc?
>>
> Most definitely can just overwrite /etc/sudoers instead of using visudo.
> Not recommended, but does work.
Thanks. It works. Don't know why it didn&
On Wed, 2008-10-08 at 21:19 +, T o n g wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it possible to configure sudo by file, not by visudo etc?
>
> I know that visudo provides security checks, parses for errors, and
> protects against multiple edits of the file. But each time I just copy
> and
Hi,
Is it possible to configure sudo by file, not by visudo etc?
I know that visudo provides security checks, parses for errors, and
protects against multiple edits of the file. But each time I just copy
and paste what I prepared into it. I'm wondering if I can omit this extra
step en
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 05:31:43PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> Quoting "Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > -> > Here is what I got:
> > -> >
> > -> > >
> > -> >
> > -> > File read and write ^X I ^X^W Left, down, up, right ^B ^N ^P
> > -> > ^F
> > ->
Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> Using a non-vi-compatable editor on boot disks is a hanging offense
> that debian will pay for once sysadmins try to install Debian but
> realize they have better things to do than learn a whimpy editor. It
> would be excusable if it was emacs-compatable, but it's not. e3
> s
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:47:06PM +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> > "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Hamish> I thought somebody said they made a mistake and there is no C
> Hamish> version -- just the i386 assembler.
>
> No the package both contains an asm version
> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Hamish> I thought somebody said they made a mistake and there is no C
Hamish> version -- just the i386 assembler.
No the package both contains an asm version for i386 machines and a
version in C for other architectures.
Someone said
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 11:03:39AM +0100, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> > "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >> would be excusable if it was emacs-compatable, but it's not. e3
> >> supports vi, emacs, wordstar, AND pico bindings. It just depends
> >> whether you type vi,
> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> would be excusable if it was emacs-compatable, but it's not. e3
>> supports vi, emacs, wordstar, AND pico bindings. It just depends
>> whether you type vi, emacs, or pico to start it.
Hamish> .. but is not suitable as it's not po
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:42:10AM -0800, Aaron Lehmann wrote:
> would be excusable if it was emacs-compatable, but it's not. e3
> supports vi, emacs, wordstar, AND pico bindings. It just depends
> whether you type vi, emacs, or pico to start it.
.. but is not suitable as it's not portable.
Hami
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 12:57:07AM -0800, Alexander Hvostov wrote:
> 1) nano-tiny is relatively easy to use.
> 2) nano-tiny has fewer bugs.
Using a non-vi-compatable editor on boot disks is a hanging offense
that debian will pay for once sysadmins try to install Debian but
realize they have better
John Galt wrote:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Chris Lawrence wrote:
On Mar 13, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
Previously Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution disks...
1. not everyone knows how to use vi
2. ae is *small*. lots smaller then elvis
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Chris Lawrence wrote:
>On Mar 13, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
>> Previously Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
>> > it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution
>> > disks...
>>
>> 1. not everyone knows how to use vi
>> 2. ae is *small*. lots smaller then elvis-ti
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 05:31:43PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote:
> that emacs is just to big for this purpose. So came ae, which let's you
> have a little of both worlds (at a big cost in both worlds unfortunatly,
> but that's usually what a compromise will do).
You mean the worst of both worlds
On Mar 13, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> > it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution disks...
>
> 1. not everyone knows how to use vi
> 2. ae is *small*. lots smaller then elvis-tiny.
We probably should change to nano-tiny, because (a
-> Previously Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
-> > it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution
disks...
->
-> 1. not everyone knows how to use vi
-> 2. ae is *small*. lots smaller then elvis-tiny.
requires more libraries...
--
Matus "fantomas" Uhlar, sysadmin at NEXTRA, Sl
Quoting "Matus \"fantomas\" Uhlar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> -> > Here is what I got:
> -> >
> -> > >
> -> >
> -> > File read and write ^X I ^X^W Left, down, up, right ^B ^N ^P
> -> > ^F
> ->
> -> > what the heck is this editor?
> ->
> -> ae. It's supposed to be an easy e
point taken.
Nick Croft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Just do:
> vim /etc/sudoers
>
>You don't need visudo
Read the man page - using visudo is a good idea, assuming you've set
$EDITOR properly.
--
Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just do:
vim /etc/sudoers
You don't need visudo
N
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:12:34PM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> -> > Here is what I got:
> -> >
> -> > >
> -> >
> -> > File read and write ^X I ^X^W Left, down, up, right ^B ^N ^P
Shouldn't that be "up up down down..."
;)
Drew
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On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 03:12:34PM +0100, Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
>
> agreed, wtf it's still in the base distribution?
> it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution disks...
it has. check debian-boot archives.
> comments?
--
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~er
Previously Matus fantomas Uhlar wrote:
> it should be probably replaced by elvis-tiny , even on distribution disks...
1. not everyone knows how to use vi
2. ae is *small*. lots smaller then elvis-tiny.
Wichert.
--
/ Generally
-> > Here is what I got:
-> >
-> > >
-> >
-> > File read and write ^X I ^X^W Left, down, up, right ^B ^N ^P
-> > ^F
->
-> > what the heck is this editor?
->
-> ae. It's supposed to be an easy editor. I find it's a pain in the ass.
agreed, wtf it's still in the base di
It's supposed to be an easy editor. I find it's a pain in the ass.
> how to let visudo use vi instead?
man visudo
Check your environment, particularly $EDITOR and $VISUAL.
--
Karsten M. Self http://kmself.home.netcom.com/
What part of "Gestalt" don&#
Invert case C
5...105...205...305...405...505...605...705...80
# sudoers file.
#
# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
#
# See the man page for details on how to write a sudoers file.
#
# Host alias specification
Corey Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> While I was editing my /etc/sudoers file using the visudo command,
> my computer lost power. When I was able to restore power, everything
> seemed to be functioning alright. Except, I tried to run the visudo
> command, and got t
While I was editing my /etc/sudoers file using the visudo command,
my computer lost power. When I was able to restore power, everything
seemed to be functioning alright. Except, I tried to run the visudo
command, and got the following error:
visudo: sudoers file busy, try again later
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