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NAME

visudo - safely edit the sudoers file

SYNOPSIS

visudo [-chqsV] [[-f] sudoers]

DESCRIPTION

visudo edits the sudoers file in a safe manner, similar to vipw(8).

OPTIONS

-c, --check
Only check if there are errors in the existing sudoers file.
-f sudoers, --file=sudoers
Instead of editing the default /etc/sudoers, edit the file specified as sudoers instead.
-h, --help
Show a help message.
-I, --no-includes
Do not edit included files.
-q, --quiet
Less verbose syntax error messages.
-s, --strict
Strict syntax checking.
-V, --version
Display version information and exit.

SEE ALSO

sudo(8), sudoers(5)