percent char '%' in sudoers file
My copy (buster amd64) of lines 23-24 of /etc/sudoers looks like
this:
23 # Allow members of group sudo to execute any comm$
24 % sudo ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
Is that '%' a comment char? The line numbers shown were provided
by nano. I know, I know, please keep reading.
Full disclosure: In a typical Bob fit of impulsivity I, yes,
edited this file using 'sudo nsno /etc/sudoers'. How much damage
have I done, what are the penalties for such behaviour, and will
I get time off for good behaviour?
Alright, enough fooling around. I am a great fan of Dr. John E.
Davis's (the author of jed) viewer app 'most.' I cannot seem to
persuade mc to honor my env var VIEWER which asks for 'most.'
I am new to using sudo. All suggestions bearing even the
slightest hint of civility will be thoughtfully considered.
Thank you.
--
...a society must incorporate the rationalizing
power symbolized by scientific knowledge, for
otherwise it will be a fatally split society-
split between a powerful elite and the
disenfranchised mass. To this we add now: an
irrational elite is the most dangerous of all.
Holton, Gerald. 1985. On the Integrity of
Science: The Issues Since Bronowski. Leonardo
18 (4), Special Issue: Jacob Bronowski: A
Retrospective (1985): 229-232.
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