[CentOS] Re: Colors in vi for user root

Fri Mar 7 15:30:10 UTC 2008
Tom Diehl <tdiehl at rogueind.com>

On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Mário Gamito wrote:

> Hi,
>
> How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ?
> Regular users have it, but not root's.
>
> I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing.

In /etc/profile.d/vim.sh, comment out the line which contains the following:
[ `//usr/bin/id -u` -le 100 ] && return

In my version, it is line 3. Logout and log back in and presto you have
colors, assuming you have the proper packages installed.

Make sure you understand the implications of doing this before you do this.

Regards,

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