Although I'm a die-hard vi user myself, I do appreciate that it is absolutely the wrong default if someone innocent accidentally runs into it. :-)
Therefore I am reopening this bug for usability reasons. I think the least that we can do is to add a comment to the top of the file to document how to use a different editor. ** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) Status: Invalid => Confirmed -- "visudo" is completely unusable (/etc/sudoers can only be editted with an external text editor) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/207369 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs