vi and sudo

[Allan.Marillier at dana.com]

vi on Linux is very often vim, which gives you the rvi

You can go to http://www.vim.org and download the latest source
for vim and compile it for any platform. I've built it with no trouble
on HP-UX and AIX, and also use precompiled vim executables on
my PC under Windows. (Adding some class and power to the OS!)

vim also gives you a GUI environment if you want it (gvim) and has a rgvim
version as well, to give a restricted GUI vi.

vim has a number of benefits over stock vi, including providing simple
file locking - ensuring that two people don't vi the same file at the same
time
and trash each other's changes.

(No - I have nothing to do with the vim project - I just believe it's a
very good
vi implentation.)



                                                                                                         
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> dear list,
>
> i am new to sudo and recently installed it on sun
> solaris 2.6. when i open vi while acting in the sudo
> context, vi still seems lets me execute shell commands
> as root.

I'm not sure about Solaris, but linux has /bin/rvi and /bin/rview which
restrict the use of such things as executing shells from within an
editing session.

Tom


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