Re: vi secure

On 20/Apr/2008 13:32 Ben Kaduk wrote ..
> On 4/20/08, William O. Yates <hackwaretru2life.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

Yes, running as root (toor actually)...

ns1:/usr/local/interchange/catalogs/store> uname -a
FreeBSD ns1.tru2life.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0:
Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007     rootdessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
i386
ns1:/usr/local/interchange/catalogs/store>

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Does one of the following files enables secure mode?
/etc/vi.exrc
$HOME/.nexrc
$HOME/.exrc
.nexrc
.exrc

Those are the vi-startup files (as stated by the manpage)

-- Jille

William O. Yates schreef:
> On 20/Apr/2008 13:32 Ben Kaduk wrote ..
>   
>> On 4/20/08, William O. Yates <hackwaretru2life.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
>>     
>
> Yes, running as root (toor actually)...
>
> ns1:/usr/local/interchange/catalogs/store> uname -a
> FreeBSD ns1.tru2life.net 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD
6.2-RELEASE #0: Fri Jan 12 10:40:27 UTC 2007     rootdessler.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC 
i386
> ns1:/usr/local/interchange/catalogs/store>
>
>
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