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From: "b.n." <brullonulla@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions of /etc/sudoers
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:50:44
Message-Id: 499364B6.1050709@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions of /etc/sudoers by Michael Hentsch
1 Michael Hentsch ha scritto:
2 > The file /etc/sudoers should always be edited with visudo. visudo uses
3 > file locking, provides basic sanity checks and checks for parse errors.
4
5 This always made me crazy.
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7 Why, why, why should I use a specialized editor to edit a system file?
8 It's not like we have vixorgconf, vifstab. You are welcome to edit these
9 files with any editor you like. Why is /etc/sudoers special?
10
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Replies

Subject Author
[gentoo-user] Re: Permissions of /etc/sudoers Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de>
Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions of /etc/sudoers Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] Permissions of /etc/sudoers Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com>