Stuart Henderson <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: > On 2018-10-31, Markus Rosjat <ros...@ghweb.de> wrote: > > just something I notice while trying out stuff with doas and my python > > scripts. If you do a mistake and have a syntax error in the doas.conf > > file you can easily look you self out from root privilages :( > > If you aren't sure about a change you're about to make, keep a spare > root shell open (or at least keep the editor open - save the file > but don't exit - and test on another terminal).
When editing files, most of the time I go back to the shell using ^Z (editor go in background), I do what's related to the file (try doas, restart httpd until it works, etc..). And I use fg when I need to come back to the editor. When playing with doas or sshd, I would recommend for doas to keep a root shell opened in case you screw the file. And for sshd, when restarting it on a remote machine, try to connect to it before exiting your current ssh session.
