Questions tagged [sudo]
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Debugging a program that requires escalated privileges
I have written a program in C that needs to access /dev/input/eventX programmatically. Running it as sudo ./a.out works well, but I am not sure how to debug it (using nvim-dap & cpptools).
Here is ...
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Color line numbers RED with SUDOEDIT
I want to have a visual feedback when editing files with root privileges.
I had in my .vimrc this config
" Color line numbers RED with root
if $USER == 'root'
highlight LineNr ctermfg=red
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Can I edit compressed files using sudo?
Vim has the ability to transparently decompress files while editing them. The way I understand it, it copies the file to a temporary directory, decompresses it there, and opens the decompressed ...
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Saving a non user file with NeoVim, eg root owned /etc/pulse/default.pa
I am using NeoVim v0.4.3.
This is the latest version available in repository.
I have an Arch build with the most up to date packages and kernel 5.6.4-arch1-1.
Occasionally I edit a file with nvim ...
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nvi: how to define a new command to write using sudo
In Vim, I can define the following command for writing a file using sudo:
command! W :execute ':silent w !sudo tee % > /dev/null' | :edit!
How do I define a similar command in nvi for saving using ...
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How to open a file as sudo from within vim?
After opening vim as normal user. Is it possible to open a new file as sudo user? like for example in :e file.
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How can I automate filetype detection when using sudoedit?
sudoedit/sudo -e is often used for safely editing files as root. The way it works:
sudoedit copies the named files to temporary files
Then it opens the temporary files using the commands specified by ...
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How do I preserve my colorscheme when I sudo to root?
I have many users who sudo to root to edit certain files. How can I allow each of them to use their own ~/.vimrc file once they have sudo'd to root? In other words. they each want to use their own ...