Doing visudo you get nano instead of your favorite text editor? Mine is vim therefore I issue: DEBIAN/UBUNTU way # update-alternatives –config editor There are 4 alternatives which provide `editor’. Selection Alternative ———————————————– 1 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 2 /bin/ed *+ 3 /bin/nano 4 /usr/bin/vim.basic Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: Selecting 4 I’m [...]