Re: vi secure

On 4/20/08, William O. Yates <hackware@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 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
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