> This was discussed previously soon after CentOS 5.0 was released. The > upstream distribution changed root from using vim (with syntax > highlighting) to using vi. With the 4.X versions root was using vim. > The 5.X configuration is: > > [root at bend ~]# which vi > /bin/vi > > [dave at bend ~]# which vi > vi: aliased to vim > [dave at bend ~]# which vim > /usr/bin/vim In theory, programs in /bin are statically linked, so they work even when you have library issues going on. Anyway, just use the vim command explicitly or add alias vi=vim to your ~root/.profile --Erek