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[SOLVED] Require password for sudo command ?

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Lee:
Thanks gerald_clark - but with either or both of EDITOR and VISUAL set to another value, visudo still invokes vi or something that looks very like it.  So the question remains: does visudo do anything, besides syntax checking the output, that simply invoking a normal editor would not do?

Rich:
Hi Lee
Maybe you need to set those environmental variables for root?

gerald_clark:
Looks like it was compiled without $EDITOR support.

Rich:
Hi Lee
Adding the following line to your sudoers file:

--- Code: ---Defaults env_editor
--- End code ---
and setting the EDITOR variable for root will allow you to use a different editor.

Lee:
No Luck - it looks like w/o the $EDITOR support compiled in it doesn't honor that.

On the other hand, apparently there is no magic in visudo besides the syntax checking.

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