cdist-type__sensible_editor - Select the sensible-editor

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ungleich GmbH 2021 7.0.0 Sep 11, 2024 CDIST-TYPE__SENSIBLE_EDITOR(7)

This cdist type allows you to select the sensible-editor for a given user.

__sensible_editor root --editor /bin/ed # ed(1) is the standard __sensible_editor noob --editor nano

This type depends upon the sensible-editor(1) script which is part of the sensible-utils package. Therefore,thefollowingoperatingsystemsaresupported: • Debian 8 (jessie) or later • Devuan • Ubuntu 8.10 (intrepid) or later • RHEL/CentOS 7 or later (EPEL repo required) • Fedora 21 or later Note: on old versions of Ubuntu the sensible-* utils are part of the debianutils package.

cdist-type__sensible_editor - Select the sensible-editor

state 'present', 'absent', or 'exists'. Defaults to 'present', where: present the sensible-editor is exactly what is specified in --editor. absent no sensible-editor configuration is present. exists the sensible-editor will be set to what is specified in --editor, unless there already is a configuration on the target system.

editor Name or path of the editor to be selected. On systems other than Debian derivatives an absolute path is required. It is permissible to omit this parameter if --state is absent.

select-editor(1), sensible-editor(1).