[solved] export problem

nTia89 · 2011-03-05 14:44:41

hi to all

i put in my .bashrc some exported variables, like:

export EDITOR='nano'

but if i run

sudo visudo

, exported editor is ignored !!!

why ?, how can i solve this ?

thanks

Last edited by nTia89 (2011-03-05 18:03:17)

loafer · 2011-03-05 14:52:00

Shouldn't it be:

 export EDITOR=nano

nTia89 · 2011-03-05 15:00:41

yes, yes .... a mistake in the post, not in my .bashrc

edited the first post

Last edited by nTia89 (2011-03-05 15:02:07)

karol · 2011-03-05 16:24:12

man visudo wrote:

There is a hard-coded list of one or more editors that visudo will use set at compile-time that may be
overridden via the editor sudoers Default variable. This list defaults to "/usr/bin/vi". Normally, visudo
does not honor the VISUAL or EDITOR environment variables unless they contain an editor in the aforementioned
editors list. However, if visudo is configured with the --with-env-editor option or the env_editor Default
variable is set in sudoers, visudo will use any the editor defines by VISUAL or EDITOR. Note that this can
be a security hole since it allows the user to execute any program they wish simply by setting VISUAL or
EDITOR.

nTia89 · 2011-03-05 17:17:42

yes but if i explitly run

sudo EDITOR=nano visudo

it works ......

loafer · 2011-03-05 17:23:46

Maybe create an alias:

alias visudo="sudo EDITOR=nano visudo"

rwd · 2011-03-05 17:28:29

For security reasons environment variables that you define as non-root user are ignored when you sudo. If you want to keep certain environment variables when sudo-ing you need to name them in /etc/sudoers on the line with 'env_keep'. See man sudo.

Last edited by rwd (2011-03-05 17:41:29)

karol · 2011-03-05 17:28:55

loafer wrote:

Maybe create an alias:
alias visudo="sudo EDITOR=nano visudo"

+1

Edit: See rwd's post.

Last edited by karol (2011-03-05 17:29:31)

nTia89 · 2011-03-05 18:02:57

rwd wrote:

For security reasons environment variables that you define as non-root user are ignored when you sudo. If you want to keep certain environment variables when sudo-ing you need to name them in /etc/sudoers on the line with 'env_keep'. See man sudo.

thanks, this is the answer

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