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On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 12:27:12PM +0300, Peter Volkov (pva) wrote: |
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> work[3,4] (yes... if EDITOR is not set). But EDITOR *is not* set when |
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> program is started from sudo because sudo for security reasons drops |
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> environment (are there any other cases when environment is dropped?). |
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You can set `Defaults env_keep=EDITOR` in your sudoers file if you want, |
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or what I do is `Defaults:%wheel !env_reset`, to allow users in group |
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wheel to use sudo without the environment being scrubbed. |
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Thanks, Tavis. |
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taviso@××××××××××××.org | finger me for my pgp key. |
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