After opening a file in vim,And if that file is created by root .How to change the current user to superuser mode without quitting or before saving.
Thanks.
but there is a way to do this from vim itself right?
Hulk
2010-03-17 09:21:22
this script reads files as sudoer(sudo cat filename) and provide it to you for editing. You can do it yourself by executing :! sudo cat youfile > /tmp/file and then :e /tmp/file. So the script is a simple wrapper for this boring command.
shuvalov
2010-03-17 10:21:52
+6
A:
This should do the trick.
:w !sudo tee %
More tricks like that here: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Su-write
Ressu
2010-03-17 09:52:43
:w stands for writethe sudo tree command will spawn a tee process with superuser permissionsthe tee process redirect the standard input to both standard output and the file, which is given by %Also: nice trick.
Dacav
2010-03-17 10:08:55
The only downside with that short version is that it will output the file to the screen while saving, you can remedy that by adding > /dev/null to the end of the command. But it's easier to write like that and i don't mind the extra output.
Ressu
2010-03-17 10:18:11
Now it asks for the super user password and when i enter the password it says incorrect password.But the password entered is right..
Hulk
2010-03-17 10:23:14
Sudo asks for the current user password. You also need to enable sudo usage with visudo if your distribution doesn't configure it properly for you.you can test your sudo setup with the command "sudo -l" which will list the commands you are allowed to run. If it fails or doesn't report any commands, you need to edit sudo configuration.
Ressu
2010-03-17 11:40:12