From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Bauer Subject: editing /etc/sudoers Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 06:55:39 -0500 Message-ID: <20190614115539.GA22815@serpent> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48435) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hbko6-0003PX-IF for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 07:55:47 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbko5-00075C-OV for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 07:55:46 -0400 Received: from mail-ua1-x929.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::929]:44060) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hbko5-00073u-Ji for help-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 07:55:45 -0400 Received: by mail-ua1-x929.google.com with SMTP id 8so787438uaz.11 for ; Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:55:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (c-68-47-172-222.hsd1.tn.comcast.net. [68.47.172.222]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id n68sm1026177vkd.0.2019.06.14.04.55.41 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 14 Jun 2019 04:55:41 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: help-guix@gnu.org I've been trying unsuccessfully to make changes to /etc/sudoers. I used visudo by creating a symlink to /usr/bin/vi (because visudo ignores EDITOR), but the changes aren't permanent. What am I missing? -Jeff