nvim writing as sudo gives error: no tty present

Asked Feb 21 '19 at 20:39

Active Feb 24 '19 at 13:35

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When I'm editing a system file with Neovim, I try to save it as root using

:w !sudo tee %

However, instead of being asked for password, I get

:w !sudo tee %                                                                                                              
sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified

shell returned 1

How can I solve this?

I see suggestion here How to fix 'sudo: no tty present and no askpass program specified' error? to tell sudo not to ask for password. I'd rather not do that (or somehow do it safely without letting nvim just modify all system files).

edited Feb 21 '19 at 20:44

asked Feb 21 '19 at 20:39

Todor Markov

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Known problem for neovim: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/8217 (tagged: wontfix) – Christian Brabandt Feb 22 '19 at 07:29
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This plugin seems to be a workarround: https://github.com/lambdalisue/suda.vim – Doktor OSwaldo Feb 22 '19 at 12:36

nvim writing as sudo gives error: no tty present

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