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Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org, "William O. Yates" <hackware@tru2life.net>
Subject: Re: vi secure
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Ben Kaduk wrote:
> On 4/20/08, William O. Yates <hackware@tru2life.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

On my FreeBSD 6.3 vi doesn't auto-enable secure mode when run as root.

-- Jille