On Mon, Jun 29, 2020 at 3:17 AM ToddAndMargo via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2020-06-28 17:58, Ed Greshko wrote: >> >> I've used plain old vi to edit the /etc/sudoers file and the change >> take effect immediately. > > This must have changed in the last few releases. I always > had to use sudovi or reboot. I never got away with just vi. It's an ro file, so you have to save it with ":wq!". visudo's better because (1) it locks the file against simultaneous edits, (2) it creates and edits files with the right mode, (3) it checks the file syntax when closing it. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
