From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jeff Bauer Subject: Re: editing /etc/sudoers Date: Sun, 16 Jun 2019 18:20:54 -0500 Message-ID: <20190616232054.GA1602@nimrod> References: <20190614115539.GA22815@serpent> <20190616143031.GD12459@serpent> <45f53d38f8dbf54c80bc7e2153785295@riseup.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:59146) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hceSO-00055E-2j for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 19:21:05 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hceSN-0004Gx-16 for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 19:21:04 -0400 Received: from mail-yw1-xc29.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::c29]:39311) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hceSJ-0004CK-6G for help-guix@gnu.org; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 19:21:00 -0400 Received: by mail-yw1-xc29.google.com with SMTP id u134so4178973ywf.6 for ; Sun, 16 Jun 2019 16:20:57 -0700 (PDT) Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45f53d38f8dbf54c80bc7e2153785295@riseup.net> 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: Quiliro's lists Cc: help-guix@gnu.org On Sun, Jun 16, 2019 at 04:08:06PM -0700, Quiliro's lists wrote: > El 2019-06-16 09:30, Jeff Bauer escribió: > > On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 07:27:57PM -0700, Quiliro's lists wrote: > >> Regarding the EDITOR variable, if Guix is the installer of the needed > >> editor it is the only situation when this regards to Guix. > >> > >> Would you please clarify your issue? > > > > Issue clarified up-thread: > > > > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2019-06/msg00140.html > > No you have not. It is not clear wether you are using Guix System > Distribution or another GNU distribution such as Debian. Okay, to make it more clear: I was having a problem trying to use visudo on a native Guix System. The visudo packaged with the Guix System cannot actually edit a sudoers file because it relies on /usr/bin/vi, but it can be used as a command line validation checker. -Jeff