visudo - edit the sudoers file
S\bSY\bYN\bNO\bOP\bPS\bSI\bIS\bS
- v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo [-\b-c\bc] [-\b-q\bq] [-\b-s\bs] [-\b-V\bV] [-\b-f\bf _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs]
+ v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo [-\b-c\bch\bhq\bqs\bsV\bV] [-\b-f\bf _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs]
D\bDE\bES\bSC\bCR\bRI\bIP\bPT\bTI\bIO\bON\bN
v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo edits the _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs file in a safe fashion, analogous to _\bv_\bi_\bp_\bw(1m).
_\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs file is currently being edited you will receive a message to
try again later.
- There is a hard-coded list of editors that v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will use set at
- compile-time that may be overridden via the _\be_\bd_\bi_\bt_\bo_\br _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs Default
- variable. This list defaults to the path to _\bv_\bi(1) on your system, as
- determined by the _\bc_\bo_\bn_\bf_\bi_\bg_\bu_\br_\be script. Normally, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo does not honor
- the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables unless they contain an
- editor in the aforementioned editors list. However, if v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo is
- configured with the _\b-_\b-_\bw_\bi_\bt_\bh_\b-_\be_\bn_\bv_\be_\bd_\bi_\bt_\bo_\br option or the _\be_\bn_\bv_\b__\be_\bd_\bi_\bt_\bo_\br Default
- variable is set in _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will use any the editor defines by
- VISUAL or EDITOR. Note that this can be a security hole since it
- allows the user to execute any program they wish simply by setting
- VISUAL or EDITOR.
+ There is a hard-coded list of one or more editors that v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will use
+ set at compile-time that may be overridden via the _\be_\bd_\bi_\bt_\bo_\br _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs
+ Default variable. This list defaults to "vi". Normally, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo does
+ not honor the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables unless they
+ contain an editor in the aforementioned editors list. However, if
+ v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo is configured with the _\b-_\b-_\bw_\bi_\bt_\bh_\b-_\be_\bn_\bv_\b-_\be_\bd_\bi_\bt_\bo_\br option or the
+ _\be_\bn_\bv_\b__\be_\bd_\bi_\bt_\bo_\br Default variable is set in _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will use any the
+ editor defines by VISUAL or EDITOR. Note that this can be a security
+ hole since it allows the user to execute any program they wish simply
+ by setting VISUAL or EDITOR.
v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo parses the _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs file after the edit and will not save the
changes if there is a syntax error. Upon finding an error, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will
option v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will edit (or check) the _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs file of your
choice, instead of the default, _\b/_\be_\bt_\bc_\b/_\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs. The lock
file used is the specified _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs file with ".tmp"
- appended to it.
+ appended to it. In c\bch\bhe\bec\bck\bk-\b-o\bon\bnl\bly\by mode only, the argument to
+ -\b-f\bf may be "-", indicating that _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs will be read from
+ the standard input.
- -q Enable q\bqu\bui\bie\bet\bt mode. In this mode details about syntax
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+ -h The -\b-h\bh (_\bh_\be_\bl_\bp) option causes v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo to print a short help
+ message to the standard output and exit.
+
+ -q Enable q\bqu\bui\bie\bet\bt mode. In this mode details about syntax
errors are not printed. This option is only useful when
combined with the -\b-c\bc option.
-s Enable s\bst\btr\bri\bic\bct\bt checking of the _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs file. If an alias is
used before it is defined, v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will consider this a
parse error. Note that it is not possible to differentiate
- between an alias and a hostname or username that consists
+ between an alias and a host name or user name that consists
solely of uppercase letters, digits, and the underscore
('_') character.
Warning: {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias referenced but not defined
Either you are trying to use an undeclare
- {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias or you have a user or hostname listed
+ {User,Runas,Host,Cmnd}_Alias or you have a user or host name listed
that consists solely of uppercase letters, digits, and the
underscore ('_') character. In the latter case, you can ignore the
warnings (s\bsu\bud\bdo\bo will not complain). In -\b-s\bs (strict) mode these are
used. You may wish to comment out or remove the unused alias. In
-\b-s\bs (strict) mode this is an error, not a warning.
-S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
- _\bv_\bi(1), _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs(4), _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo(1m), _\bv_\bi_\bp_\bw(8)
-A\bAU\bUT\bTH\bHO\bOR\bR
- Many people have worked on _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo over the years; this version of v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo
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+S\bSE\bEE\bE A\bAL\bLS\bSO\bO
+ _\bv_\bi(1), _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo_\be_\br_\bs(4), _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo(1m), _\bv_\bi_\bp_\bw(8)
+
+A\bAU\bUT\bTH\bHO\bOR\bR
+ Many people have worked on _\bs_\bu_\bd_\bo over the years; this version of v\bvi\bis\bsu\bud\bdo\bo
was written by:
Todd Miller
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