[SOLVED] sudo crontab -e ... how to change to "vi" editor ?

masuch · 11-04-2012, 04:07 AM

Hi,

I have in /root/.bashrc settings:
export VISUAL="/usr/bin/vi"
export EDITOR="/usr/bin/vi -e"

if I type in root shell:
crontab -e -- it is vi.
in user:
sudo crontab -e -- it is nano editor ???

Can pleaase anybody to help me what else should I setup to have vi editor for "sudo crontab -e" ?

thank you,
kind reagrds,
M.

AwesomeMachine · 11-04-2012, 04:12 AM

Try editing .bashrc in your home directory. Otherwise, sometimes there is a soft link: /usr/bin/editor, linked to /usr/bin/vim or /usr/bin/nano. Try

# ls -l /usr/bin/editor

I hope this helps.

masuch · 11-04-2012, 04:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AwesomeMachine

Try editing .bashrc in your home directory. Otherwise, sometimes there is a soft link: /usr/bin/editor, linked to /usr/bin/vim or /usr/bin/nano. Try

# ls -l /usr/bin/editor

I hope this helps.

I have/had EDITOR/VISUAL properly configured.

I have
ls -lA /etc/alternatives/editor
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 14 19:33 /etc/alternatives/editor -> /usr/bin/vim.gnome

linosaurusroot · 11-04-2012, 05:15 AM

Look in your sudoers file. There may be a definition "Defaults env_keep" that does not include EDITOR. I wouldn't allow a "crontab -e" in a sudoers anyway - might as well give them a shell.

masuch · 11-04-2012, 06:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by linosaurusroot

Look in your sudoers file. There may be a definition "Defaults env_keep" that does not include EDITOR. I wouldn't allow a "crontab -e" in a sudoers anyway - might as well give them a shell.

thanks a lot ,

Quote:

Defaults env_keep=EDITOR

works just fine.
I have read that

Quote:

Defaults:user env_keep=EDITOR

could be working for that specific "user" , right ?

And where is specified that nano has to be used by default ?
In sudoers is no info about nano as an default editor and my env variables did not contain it either anywhere.