stocksy.co.uk
"now nearly rectum-free!"

Search

Google
the Web  this site only

Links

sudo Breakage in Debian Sarge

30th Jan 2006, 09:24:13 PM

$ sudo vi foo

gives an error when quitting vi:

E138: Can't write viminfo file $HOME/.viminfo!
Hit ENTER or type command to continue

The fix? Use visudo to add Defaults env_reset to /etc/sudoers. The Debian bug report.

Some Rights Reserved