>>When I "vi example.file" the text inside the file is color coded based >>on format (ie. commented out lines are blue). But when I "sudo vi >>example.file" that color coding is lost. How can I enable that when I >>edit a file using sudo? It really helps when you are looking at a long >>config file. >> >> > >This is a wild guess. Maybe the paths are different when you sudo, and >you're getting a different vi when you sudo? There's only one vi on my >current FC3 system but in the past, on other linuxes and Unixes, I've >occasionally had multiple ones installed. Try > >which vi > >as yourself and as root (get there with su -) and see if they're different. > > > Thanks for the reply. That does not appear to be it. I get the same path for both. Any other ideas? >From the man page of su... to become a user while maintaining the users previously exported environment, use su [username]. To become a user but change the environment to what would normally be expected if the user logged in, use su - [username]. Try examining the environment variables using 'env', while logging in as both su, su - and a normal shell login. Probably find that the term type is different, or something like that. Hope this helps, Ben. Information Technology Officer Macquarie Textiles Group Ltd Phone: 02 6043 0235 Fax: 02 60411 321 E-mail ben.halicki@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
