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Todd C. Miller
2016-05-13 12:02:23 -06:00
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doc/sudoers.cat
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@@ -942,7 +942,11 @@ SSUUDDOOEERRSS OOPPTTIIOONNSS
alternative is to place a colon-separated list of
editors in the editor variable. vviissuuddoo will then only
use the EDITOR or VISUAL if they match a value
specified in editor. This flag is _o_f_f by default.
specified in editor. If the _e_n_v___r_e_s_e_t flag is enabled,
the EDITOR and/or VISUAL environment variables must be
present in the _e_n_v___k_e_e_p list for the _e_n_v___e_d_i_t_o_r flag to
function when vviissuuddoo is invoked via ssuuddoo. This flag is
_o_f_f by default.
env_reset If set, ssuuddoo will run the command in a minimal
environment containing the TERM, PATH, HOME, MAIL,
@@ -1413,9 +1417,12 @@ SSUUDDOOEERRSS OOPPTTIIOONNSS
editor A colon (`:') separated list of editors allowed to be
used with vviissuuddoo. vviissuuddoo will choose the editor that
matches the user's EDITOR environment variable if
possible, or the first editor in the list that exists
and is executable. The default is _v_i.
matches the user's EDITOR or VISUAL environment
variable if possible, or the first editor in the list
that exists and is executable. Note that the EDITOR
and VISUAL environment variables are not preserved by
default when the _e_n_v___r_e_s_e_t option is enabled. The
default is _v_i.
iolog_dir The top-level directory to use when constructing the
path name for the input/output log directory. Only
@@ -2532,4 +2539,4 @@ DDIISSCCLLAAIIMMEERR
file distributed with ssuuddoo or https://www.sudo.ws/license.html for
complete details.
Sudo 1.8.16 January 20, 2016 Sudo 1.8.16
Sudo 1.8.17 January 20, 2016 Sudo 1.8.17

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doc/sudoers.man.in
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@@ -2015,6 +2015,20 @@ or
\fRVISUAL\fR
if they match a value specified in
\fReditor\fR.
If the
\fIenv_reset\fR
flag is enabled, the
\fREDITOR\fR
and/or
\fRVISUAL\fR
environment variables must be present in the
\fIenv_keep\fR
list for the
\fIenv_editor\fR
flag to function when
\fBvisudo\fR
is invoked via
\fBsudo\fR.
This flag is
\fI@env_editor@\fR
by default.
@@ -2975,8 +2989,17 @@ separated list of editors allowed to be used with
\fBvisudo\fR
will choose the editor that matches the user's
\fREDITOR\fR
or
\fRVISUAL\fR
environment variable if possible, or the first editor in the
list that exists and is executable.
Note that the
\fREDITOR\fR
and
\fRVISUAL\fR
environment variables are not preserved by default when the
\fIenv_reset\fR
option is enabled.
The default is
\fI@editor@\fR.
.TP 18n

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doc/sudoers.mdoc.in
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@@ -1884,6 +1884,20 @@ or
.Ev VISUAL
if they match a value specified in
.Li editor .
If the
.Em env_reset
flag is enabled, the
.Ev EDITOR
and/or
.Ev VISUAL
environment variables must be present in the
.Em env_keep
list for the
.Em env_editor
flag to function when
.Nm visudo
is invoked via
.Nm sudo .
This flag is
.Em @env_editor@
by default.
@@ -2792,8 +2806,17 @@ separated list of editors allowed to be used with
.Nm visudo
will choose the editor that matches the user's
.Ev EDITOR
or
.Ev VISUAL
environment variable if possible, or the first editor in the
list that exists and is executable.
Note that the
.Ev EDITOR
and
.Ev VISUAL
environment variables are not preserved by default when the
.Em env_reset
option is enabled.
The default is
.Pa @editor@ .
.It iolog_dir