Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:36:16 +0200 From: Jille <jille@quis.cx> To: Ben Kaduk <minimarmot@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, "William O. Yates" <hackware@tru2life.net> Subject: Re: vi secure Message-ID: <480BA940.6060006@quis.cx> In-Reply-To: <47d0403c0804201332y746d79e9x741a5605ddde1e@mail.gmail.com> References: <1208717847.18770@ns3.tru2life.net> <47d0403c0804201332y746d79e9x741a5605ddde1e@mail.gmail.com>
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Ben Kaduk wrote: > On 4/20/08, William O. Yates <hackware@tru2life.net> 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." >> > > Are you running vi as root? I believe that will automatically set secure mode. > > -Ben Kaduk On my FreeBSD 6.3 vi doesn't auto-enable secure mode when run as root. -- Jille
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