On Wednesday 15 August 2007 15:12:27 Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: > Ok, after my major screw-up last week (I directly modified the sudoers file > but failed to change the permissions back to 0444), I flashed to the newest > OS upgrade and re-installed all of my applications. Now I need to modify > the sudoers file and plan to do it CORRECTLY this time, e.g. use visudo. > > Now my problem - I can't find visudo anywhere on the N800. Is it available > separately or am I just not looking in the right place? Or is there some > other way that doesn't use visudo? > > I've looked in /usr/bin and /bin. > > Thanks much in advance! > > Nick. > On this one visudo is not on the box but the real solution is.... don't chmod the file. VI it as root, then instead of doing wq to quit (write quit) do wq! (w q then exclamation point or more commonly known as bang) this will override the read only aspect and commit your changes without running the risk of forgeting to chmod James -- READ CAREFULLY. By [accepting this material|accepting this payment|accepting this business-card|viewing this t-shirt|reading this sticker] you agree, on behalf of your employer, to release me from all obligations and waivers arising from any and all NON-NEGOTIATED agreements, licenses, terms-of-service, shrinkwrap, clickwrap, browsewrap, confidentiality, non-disclosure, non-compete and acceptable use policies (?BOGUS AGREEMENTS?) that I have entered into with your employer, its partners, licensors, agents and assigns, in perpetuity, without prejudice to my ongoing rights and privileges. You further represent that you have the authority to release me from any BOGUS AGREEMENTS on behalf of your employer.
