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Yongqiang Zhou
Yongqiang Zhou

Reputation: 332

Can I gain root permission without leaving vim?

Sometimes when I edit a file which require root permission (e.g. files under /etc), but I forget run vim as sudo.

After edit finished, and type :wq to save and leave, I find I can't, even using !wq, because the file is readonly.

If I leave and re-edit the file, all my work will lost, but if not, I cannot save my edit. So, how can I gain root permission to write without leaving vim?

Upvotes: 16

Views: 1429

Answers (2)

Ingo Karkat
Ingo Karkat

Reputation: 172608

The mentioned trick with tee is nice; if you need this often I'd recommend the SudoEdit plugin, which offers a :SudoWrite command (and even a sudo: protocol handler).

Upvotes: 3

darryn.ten
darryn.ten

Reputation: 6973

To force a save use the following command

:w !sudo tee %

It will prompt you for your password.

Upvotes: 25

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