[bitlevel]

The article will not allow sudo changes on Big Sur - at least, not without changing permissions of the sudo file first:

  1. sudo -Si
  2. chmod 644 /etc/pam.d/sudo
  3. vi /etc/pam.d/sudo
  4. Add the 'Auth         sufficient        pam_tid.so' line
  5. chmod 444 /etc/pam.d/sudo
  6. ...
  7. Profit!

Very handy tip though, thanks!

[cprecioso]

I usually just `sudo nano` it, works fine

[Siira]

Emacs’ tramp mode supports sudo:

emc-sudo () {

local f="$(ec ${1} | gtr '"' '\"')"

emacs -e '(find-file "/sudo::'$f'")'

}

[mkskm]

`sudo --edit` also works

[mega_dingus]

Or when using vi, just use :wq!

[cyberge99]

shift Z Z is faster.

[asidiali]

Debatable and depends on length of time shortcut has been in use. I can type :wq like a madman. My finger can slide straight from w to q, whereas with double-z, I have to pick my finger up and put it back down. So much movement! What next, you want me to run a marathon?

[exikyut]

I guess it's a learned dexterity thing.

:wq = <move finger of right hand to Shift> <depress Shift> <move finger of left hand to ;> <press-release ;> <release Shift and move finger of left hand and press w and q>

ZZ = <move 2nd finger of left hand to Shift> <depress Shift> <move index finger of left hand to z> <press-release z twice>

As someone with mildly poor dexterity (and I don't touch-type with all my fingers, I mostly use my index fingers), the second approach looks somewhat more interesting to test.

[toyg]

That's all over the place from a touchtype perspective. 2nd finger? That's a pinkie. And you're supposed to use modifier keys from the opposite hand when available.

So it should be <move right pinkie to hold right Shift> <move left pinkie to hit Z twice>.

I honestly didn't know about ZZ, seems very convenient. :wq! on a qwerty forces the pinkie to travel all the way up to the top row, which is hell. On my home keyboard I use a layer for special characters, which helps, but still I guess I'll stick to ZZ from now on.

[asidiali]

Interesting, I will add flexibility too, or maybe hand size. I find it slightly uncomfortable to hit shift and Z simultaneously with solely my left hand, so I hit shift with my right and z with my left. Alternatively, I will simultaneously hit shift + colon with my right, and then do the wq slide as mentioned above. Nice that all hands can be accommodated :)

[nxpnsv]

This is going to save you seconds, every year!

[ed25519FUUU]

I’ve typed in :wq! so often I sometimes accidentally type it in when trying to do things like close browser tabs or exit programs.

[Florin_Andrei]

You are all wrong. The Emacs shortcuts are far superior. /s

[malobre]

Here comes the `:x!` clan

[rectang]

[offtopic] zoinks fam that's some next-level bikeshedding

[girishso]

Something weird going on, it still asks for password on the command prompt, if I press just Return key then dialog for touch id opens.. after touching it says `Sorry try again` (my touch id works in other places).

On 11.2.1

[girishso]

My bad, should have RTFA. It needs to be the very first line.

[helsinkiandrew]

:w!

[toyg]

:wq!

[zaphirplane]

I don’t get it, the article shows it in 2 steps why the 5 step verbosity??

[philote]

It seems in Big Sur the file you need to edit is not writable. So you need to make it writable first, edit it, and then change permissions back to read-only.

[angulardragon03]

This doesn't seem to be strictly true - the two-line solution worked exactly as expected for me on 11.2.1. I used nano instead of vi (personal preference), but it worked nonetheless.

[bitlevel]

Maybe that's the difference. I was using vi, and not nano.

Have confirmed that using 'sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sudo' works fine.

No need for the verbosity when nano works I guess. :S

[philsnow]

s/vi/visudo/

visudo will lint the resulting file and (should) reject the change if it would break your system.

[ArchOversight]

This isn't modifying the sudoers file, it is modifying the pam file.