visudo-rs(8)

visudo-rs8

Safely edit the sudoers file

Usage

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

Overview

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.

-V, --version

Display version information and exit.

Releases

2 releases since Debian 13 (Trixie); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 13
  2. Arch

--no-includes until Debian 13 (Trixie); --quiet until Debian 13 (Trixie); --strict until Debian 13 (Trixie); -I until Debian 13 (Trixie); -q until Debian 13 (Trixie); -s until Debian 13 (Trixie).

From sudo-rs 0.2.15-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.