[Bug 93449] Re: Wrong .viminfo creation permissions when running "sudo vim"

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 58002 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/58002

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: vim (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Wrong .viminfo creation permissions when running "sudo vim"

Status in “vim” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: vim

  Description:

  When running vim for the first time, if you run it with sudo (e.g.
  "sudo vim /tmp/file.txt"), the $HOME/.viminfo file is created with
  root:root permissions, and the usual vim session environment (e.g.
  command history, markers) does not work anymore until you fix .viminfo
  permissions.

  Steps do reproduce the problem:

  1) Remove previous .viminfo file:

  $ rm -f ~/.viminfo

  2) Run vim with sudo to edit a file:

  $ sudo vim /tmp/test1.txt

  3) Run commands in normal mode (e.g. :1d, :wq), save the file and
  exit.

  4) Run vim again, this time as a normal user:

  $ vim /tmp/test2.txt

  5) Type, in normal mode, ":history". You should see:

        #  cmd history
  >     1  history

  Note the commands typed in previous session are not listed. From now
  on, any commands typed will not be saved to the .viminfo file, because
  of its wrong permissions:

  $ ls -l ~/.viminfo
  -rw------- 1 root root 593 2007-03-18 12:43 .viminfo

  Workaround:

  - Create a empty .viminfo in /etc/skel/, so new accounts have vim
  history working properly from the beginning:

  # touch /etc/skel/.viminfo

  - Fix .viminfo permissions for existing users. For each existing user
  on the system, run (as the user):

  $ sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) .viminfo

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