micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
when "sudo" is not installed and user tries to save file with lack of permissions, instead of logging error program writes saved
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Description
Problem
when opening a file with micro with lack of permissions, upon saving application uses sudo to save the file successfully, but on systems where sudo is not installed like debian this fails to save and instead of logging that message it logs file saved.
NOTE: Instead it could just say that
sudois not present or something and tell user to usesu
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Research direction
Start at micro's save path for permission-denied files and trace the fallback that invokes sudo; reproduce the failure on a system without sudo. Done means a failed save is reported as an error instead of claiming the file was saved, with any user guidance matching the chosen behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100