[KPUG] stuck in visudo

Griffin Kelton griffin.kelton at gmail.com
Wed Sep 12 20:17:44 PDT 2012


Betsy,

I'm on a mac, but Control + X will ask you if you really want to save it,
type in 'y' for yes. It will ask you what to name the file. Press enter to
keep it sudoers.tmp.

Griffin Kelton
(919)306.1135
www.griffinkelton.com

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On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 11:12 PM, Elizabeth Rosenzweig <
errosenzweig at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey guys, I can't get out of visudo.  I've tried using both Esc and Ctrl-[
> to get out of insert mode, and then all of the exit codes I can find: ^X,
> ZZ, and :x.  ^X just results in a typed 'X', ZZ results in alternating
> messages [ Suspension enabled ] and [ Suspension disabled ], and :x gives
> me a [ unknown command ] message.  Does anyone have any idea how I can get
> out of visudo?
>
> Thanks,
> Betsy
>
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