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visudo — Safely edit the sudoers file. More information: <https://www.sudo.ws/docs/man/visudo.man/>.

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Problem

How to use the visudo command: Safely edit the sudoers file. More information: <https://www.sudo.ws/docs/man/visudo.man/>.

Solution

visudo — Safely edit the sudoers file. More information: <https://www.sudo.ws/docs/man/visudo.man/>.

Edit the sudoers file:
sudo visudo


Check the sudoers file for errors:
sudo visudo {{[-c|--check]}}


Edit the sudoers file using a specific editor:
sudo EDITOR={{editor}} visudo


Display version:
visudo {{[-V|--version]}}

Code Snippets

Edit the sudoers file

sudo visudo

Check the sudoers file for errors

sudo visudo {{[-c|--check]}}

Edit the sudoers file using a specific editor

sudo EDITOR={{editor}} visudo

Display version

visudo {{[-V|--version]}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/visudo

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