Configuring Sudo
Andrew Ross
anross at redhat.com
Mon Mar 30 03:54:38 UTC 2009
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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