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).
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
- errors are not printed. This option is only useful when
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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.
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+ -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. 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
- was written by:
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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)
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+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:
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Todd Miller
See the HISTORY file in the sudo distribution or visit
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