On 05.01.2018 21:15, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Jan 05, 2018 at 03:00:43PM -0500, John Ratliff wrote: >> sudo EDITOR=vim vipw > Defaults env_reset > Defaults:greg !env_reset That basically keeps the *whole* environment, what is usually a security issue. Better solution is to keep only needed and proved environment variables using Defaults env_keep += "EDITOR" best regards, Ulf