Re: [gentoo-user] Allow non root users to edit files owned by root?

[Tanstaafl]

On 2011-12-20 12:20 PM, Florian Philipp <lists@×××××××××××.net> wrote:
> Well, as I've said, using a/normal/  editor doesn't solve the problem
> because you can use nano for opening a shell, thereby escalating your
> privileges. You have to use rnano (or nano -R). This solution is not
> really meant for the luxury of a full blown editor with arbitrary
> arguments and capabilities. rnano doesn't read nanorc files, for
> example. If you cannot agree on a common set of safe flags, you
> shouldn't use sudo for this purpose.

Points taken from all, thanks...

I settled on requiring the -R flag for nano, and limited the files that 
he can edit, so he will simply have to live with this.

Thanks all...