Use sudo with .vimrc
centos, vim
Solution
Use `sudoedit` instead of `sudo vim`. You should be doing that anyway. Make sure your `EDITOR` environment variable is set to `vim` (probably already is, or `vim` is the default; you can set it in your `.profile` analog if need be).
Problem
I'm using CentOS and created a `.vimrc` file in my `/home` directory. I tested it out by creating a txt file and yes, that worked fine. Now, I have my project files in my `/srv` directory with SELinux turned on. I tried opening a file: `vim README.txt` and yes, my `.vimrc` settings are still being applied. Now, since I'm in the `/srv` directory, simply doing `vim` means that my file is read only. So, I do `sudo vim README.txt` in order to be able to edit files. Now, the problem lies that once I do `sudo`, none of my `.vimrc` settings are applied. I tried creating a copy of `.vimrc` in the `/srv` folder but that didn't work either. How do I apply `.vimrc` settings while using `sudo`?