created by

Christian Brabandt

script type

utility

description

If you like this plugin, please rate it! This plugin enables vim to read files, using sudo or su or any other tool that can be used for changing the authentication of a user. Therefore it needs any of sudo or su installed and usable by the user. This means, you have to know the credentials to authenticate yourself as somebody else. This plugin is basically an extended version from sudo.vim (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=729), which seems to be unmaintained now. For compatibility reasons, it also supports the sudo: protocol handler, as sudo.vim provides. That's why this plugin probably won't work on Windows, but you might be able to configure it to use a method that works on Windows (see :h SudoEdit-config) By default SudoEdit will first try to use sudo and if sudo is not found it will fall back and try to use su. Note, that you might have to configure these tools, before they can use them successfully. SudoEdit requires at least a Vim Version 7 with patch 111 installed. Patch 111 introduced the shellescape() functionality. The Plugin provides the 2 Commands :SudoRead for reading a file and SudoWrite for writing a file using the provided super user authentication mechanism. Both commands have file completion enabled to ease the selection of files (if you are able to read the path as ordinary user). You can optionally configure it to use any other tool, instead of sudo/su. So you could probably adjust it to work on Windows or you can use ssh as authentication method.

install details

Edit SudoEdit.vba and source the file :so % is all you need. It will install the plugin and also the documentation. I suggest you take a look at :h SudoEdit.txt before using it.

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package	script version	date	Vim version	user	release notes
SudoEdit-0.21.vmb	21	2015-01-15	7.4	Christian Brabandt	- temporarily set shelltemp (issue https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/32, reported by Fernando da Silva, thanks!) - Do not trigger autocommands when writing temp files - Make UAC actually work for Windows - many small improvements for Windows - do not call expand() for /usr/bin/zsh variables (issue https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/pull/34, fixed by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) - remove writable file always (and make sure it will be different in case of the Vim running twice). - Reset 'shellslash' on windows (suggested by Boris Danilov, thanks!) - change redirection when calling UAC vbs script (suggested by Boris Danilov, thanks!) - distribute the UAC VBScript together with the SudoEdit plugin - fix spelling mistakes (issue https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/pull/35, fixed by Tim Sæterøy, thanks!) - Check file modification time before asking for reloading buffers (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.20.vmb	20	2014-03-27	7.4	Christian Brabandt	- skip writing undo, if the buffer hasn't been written. - document |g:sudo_tee| variable - possibly wrong undofile was written (issue https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/21, reported by blueyed, thanks!) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.19.vmb	19	2013-08-14	7.3	Christian Brabandt	- |SudoWrite| should always write if a filename has been given (issue #23, reported by Daniel Hahler, thanks!)             - Better filename completion for |SudoWrite| and |SudoRead| commands (issue #20 reported by Daniel Hahler, thanks!)             - Fix error in VimLeave autocommand (issue #22, reported by Daniel Hahler, thanks!)             - reset 'shell' value (issue #24, reported by Raghavendra Prabhu, thanks!) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.18.vmb	18	2013-02-16	7.3	Christian Brabandt	- expand() may return empty filenames (issue #17 patch by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) - better exception handling (issue #19) - included sudo.cmd for better usage on Windows - enable sudo.cmd to use UAC optionally (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.17.vmb	17	2012-08-20	7.3	Christian Brabandt	- Guard against a vim without persistent_undo feature - fix variable typo (https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/pull/16 patch by NagatoPain, thanks!) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.16.vmb	16	2012-05-17	7.3	Christian Brabandt	- Make the plugin usable on Windows |SudoEdit-Win| (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.15.vmb	15	2012-05-08	7.3	Christian Brabandt	Fix Syntax error, reported by Gary Johnson, thanks! (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.14.vmb	14	2012-04-30	7.3	Christian Brabandt	Fix issue 15 (https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/15, reported by Lenin Lee, thanks!) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.13.vmb	13	2012-04-28	7.3	Christian Brabandt	- in graphical Vim, display messages, so one knows, that one needs to enter the password (reported by Rob Shinn, thanks!) - Allow bang attribute to |SudoRead| and |SudoWrite| - Make use of graphical dialogs for sudo to read the passwords, if possible - Better debugging - Code cleanup - better filename completion with :SudoRead/SudoWrite (now also supports completing sudo: protocol handler) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.12.vmb	12	2012-01-31	7.3	Christian Brabandt	- Avoid redraw when changing permissions of the undofile - Don't move cursor on Reading/Writing   (issue https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/11,   reported by Daniel Hahler, Thanks!) - Support for calling Netrw with another userid/password   (issue https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/4,   reported by Daniel Hahler, Thanks!) - Autocmds for Writing did not fire (issue   https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/10, partly by   Raghavendra D Prabhu, Thanks!) - Newly created files are not set 'nomodified' (issue   https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/12, reported by   Daniel Hahler, Thanks!) - Can't create undofiles in write-protected directories (issue   https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/14, reported by   Matias Kangasjärvelä, Thanks!) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.11.vmb	11	2011-12-15	7.3	Christian Brabandt	-change owner of undofile to that of the edited super-user file, so vim will automatically load the undofile when opening that file the next time (reported by Sean Farley and blueyed, thanks!) -Only set the filename using :f when writing to another file (https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/pull/8 and also https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/5 patch by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) -fix https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/6 (fix permissions and path of the undofile, partly by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) -Don't reread the file and write undofiles for empty files (https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/7 reported by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit-0.10.vmb	10	2011-11-17	7.3	Christian Brabandt	-fix https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/1 (exception 'emptyfile' not caught, reported by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) -fix https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/2 (Avoid W13 error, reported by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) -fix https://github.com/chrisbra/SudoEdit.vim/issues/3 (Write undofiles, reported by Daniel Hahler, thanks!) (automatically uploaded)
SudoEdit.vba	0.8	2010-04-19	7.0	Christian Brabandt	Make plugin autoloadable. See :h autoload-functions.
SudoEdit.vba	0.7	2009-10-26	7.0	Christian Brabandt	Support for reading/writing using sudo:protocol handler Added Debugging capabilities
SudoEdit.vba	0.6	2009-07-14	7.0	Christian Brabandt	Fix minor bug, that prevents setting the filename correctly when writing.
SudoEdit.vba	0.5	2009-07-08	7.0	Christian Brabandt	Minor documentation update
SudoEdit.vba	0.5	2009-07-08	7.0	Christian Brabandt	Enables the plugin for |GetLatestVimScripts|
SudoEdit.vba	0.4	2009-07-08	7.0	Christian Brabandt	Initial upload

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