[sudo-users] sudo crontab

[Jeanne Ilchuk]

I'm telnet from home using our VPN, and I export TERM=vt100, EDITOR=vi 
VISUAL=vi, from the .profile in my home dir.

The setting Todd recommended for the sudoers file works fine, but I was 
wondering why it wasn't defaulting to my editor, or root's editor, which 
is vi. Here's part of my .profile

EDITOR=vi
VISUAL=vi
export PATH MANPATH EDITOR VISUAL
#PS1='$NAME: $PWD $ '
PS1='METALIB-jmi # '
SHELL=/bin/ksh
TERM=vt100
export PS1 SHELL TERM
set -o emacs

I set emacs so I can use the arrow keys to recall commands instead of 
the ksh esc-k

Where is the system default editor set?  I didn't see it in any of the 
files in /etc/default/

Jeanne


Faisal Azfar wrote:
> 
> Did you check your  terminal settings  in the shell that you are using 
> sudo ?
> 
> you might want to do a setenv TERM ( or export  TERM) to point to the 
> correct setting  ( e.g vt102 ).
> 
> 
> 
> - Faisal
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> *Jeanne <ilchuk at wrlc.org>*
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> When I try to sudo crontab -e for root, or any other application users I
> am responsible for, I get this weird result.  I'm using vi editor.  What
> else should I look for ?
> 
> 
> jmi # sudo crontab -e sfxglb3
> Password:
> 131
> ?
> 
> ?
> q
> The crontab file was not changed.
> jmi #
> 
> 
> What does this mean?  Our organization has finally instituted sudo for
> all former root users, so my workday is grinding to a halt trying to
> re-adjust.
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