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Zardoz84
11 months ago
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The first stable release of a memory safe sudo imp...
I usully use "sudo -E EDITOR_OF_MY_CHOICE"
liftm
11 months ago
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Many editors can execute shell commands, so this isn't the same at all.
Denvercoder9
11 months ago
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That makes your editor run as root, which is a bad idea for many reasons (aside from security, any mistake now has the potential mess with the whole system).
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