Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 13:51:03 -0700 (PDT) From: "William O. Yates" <hackware@tru2life.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: vi secure Message-ID: <1211403063.43250@ns3.tru2life.net>
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[sent the below message thru the freebsd-security list with no answers, hope for more from freebsd-questions]
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."
When attempting to ":set nosecure" got:
"set: the secure option may not be turned off."
When attempting to "set nosecure" in my .exrc file, got:
set nonumber
.exrc, 44: set: the secure option may not be turned off
.exrc, 44: Ex command failed: pending commands discarded
Looking through all the man pages, vi references, tutorials, and the the oreilly vi "bible",
can't find anything...
Is "set secure" a compiled in setting?
>From FreeBSD vi man page:
-S Run with the secure edit option set, disallowing all access to
external programs.
and
secure [off]
Turns off all access to external programs.
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