Re: Configuring Sudo

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Hi Kushal,
Btw, why we do need to use visudo than simple vi ?  What is the difference ?

Kushal

By default /etc/sudoers is read only.

visudo lets you edit and save. vi the same file and you have to force save.

/me guesses its just added security....

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