Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:09:03 -0500 From: Derek Ragona <derek@computinginnovations.com> To: "William O. Yates" <hackware@tru2life.net>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vi secure Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20080420150707.025abec0@mail.computinginnovations.com> In-Reply-To: <1208717847.18770@ns3.tru2life.net> References: <1208717847.18770@ns3.tru2life.net>
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At 01:57 PM 4/20/2008, William O. Yates wrote: >Recently started using vi macros. > >When attempting to use one which accessed the external shell, got the >following message: > >"The ! command is not supported when the secure edit option is set." > >When attempting to ":set nosecure" got: > >"set: the secure option may not be turned off." > >When attempting to "set nosecure" in my .exrc file, got: > >set nonumber >.exrc, 44: set: the secure option may not be turned off >.exrc, 44: Ex command failed: pending commands discarded > >Looking through all the man pages, vi references, tutorials, and the the >oreilly vi "bible", >can't find anything... > >Is "set secure" a compiled in setting? > > >From FreeBSD vi man page: > > -S Run with the secure edit option set, disallowing all > access to > external programs. >and > secure [off] > Turns off all access to external programs. > >..william.o.yates...hackware.at.tru2life.net...tru2life.info... So you are using ! for external commands and not the like :w! I would look at any defaults on the system that may be causing vi to run in secure mode, also check the mounted filesystem you are on is set to noexec. -Derek -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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