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[–] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Without saving? Bold move.

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Its vi. When I use it, I always fuck something up and get tangled up in knots. Best to just bail out and try again later.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, open another terminal and start killing processes

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

That's the people who use vi to view a file. Watched a guy almost get fired when he shared his screen during an audit and had 'sudo vi /etc/shadow' right there in the command window. Auditor saw it and called him on it. He swore that he was only viewing the file to look for a user's id, but the auditor didn't care, because he could have modified it either on purpose or by accident.

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Why not cat then? I don't care of his reasons either.

[–] MsFlammkuchen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Or less

[–] FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Exactly, or grep would have worked. Dude just was used to doing this and picked the exact wrong moment to have it on his screen. He earned a finding with that one.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

sudo vi /etc/shadow

amateur !

screen sudo vi /etc/shadow

or

sudo screen nano /etc/shadow

if you're neurotypical

[–] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

EDITOR=/bin/rm sudo visudo

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

EDITOR=/bin/rm $(which sudo) $(which visudo)

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago

Are you going to save without knowing what changes were made? Bold move.