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Re: vipw and vigr default editor

From Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: vipw and vigr default editor
Date 2018-01-05 22:00 +0100
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On 05.01.2018 21:46, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:

> There is essentially no functional difference between allowing only the
> EDITOR variable and any arbitrary environment variable.  Allowing EDITOR
> (or PAGER, or any other thing that sets the name of a command to
> execute) through to sudo provides an effective route to bypass any sudo
> restrictions.

OK. Thanks for correction.

best regards,
Ulf

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vipw and vigr default editor John Ratliff <john@bluemarble.net> - 2018-01-05 21:10 +0100
  Re: vipw and vigr default editor Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-05 21:20 +0100
    Re: vipw and vigr default editor Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2018-01-05 21:40 +0100
      Re: vipw and vigr default editor Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-01-05 21:50 +0100
      Re: vipw and vigr default editor Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-01-05 21:50 +0100
      Re: vipw and vigr default editor Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-01-05 21:50 +0100
        Re: vipw and vigr default editor Ulf Volmer <u.volmer@u-v.de> - 2018-01-05 22:00 +0100
  Re: vipw and vigr default editor Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2018-01-05 21:30 +0100
    Re: vipw and vigr default editor John Ratliff <john@bluemarble.net> - 2018-01-05 23:10 +0100
  Re: vipw and vigr default editor Charles Kroeger <ckrogrr@frankensteinface.com> - 2018-01-06 04:40 +0100

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