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Re:Alpine Linux 3.15 by masklinn on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @12:59PM (#29332947)
That is not at all what sudoedit does.
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Re:Alpine Linux 3.15 by mixmastamyk on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @01:48PM (#29333608)
Not at all? Might wanna brush up on the manpage. The temp file is a feature but not essential to getting work done.
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Re:Alpine Linux 3.15 by masklinn on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @02:10PM (#29333872)
> The temp file is a feature but not essential to getting work done.

The entire point of sudoedit is to reduce the attack surface, without that it's absolutely useless since you can just `sudo` whatever editor you prefer.

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Re:Alpine Linux 3.15 by mixmastamyk on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @03:12PM (#29334549)
Exactly. And could be trivially implemented.
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