Cannot edit existing password using vim (or gvim)

[Kevin Cox]

On 02/12/16 11:13, ads wrote:
> Thanks for the suggestion.
>
> I looked at strace, but couldn't see any obvious cause (no EPERM for 
> example).  I set up a new user where it all worked properly, so I 
> started to try and find a difference, and realised that my normal 
> userid uses gvim (echo $EDITOR --> gvim) while my new test user uses 
> vim. So to make the straces comparable I switched to using vim for 
> this task, but using vim I find works fine anyway. I don't really need 
> to find out why gvim doesn't work since I have a good work-around, 
> i.e. preface the pass edit command with EDITOR=vim.
I think that gvim detaches by default, so when it "exits" pass saves the 
(unchanged) file. Then you edit the file but pass is long gone.

There might be a flag you can set to make it "block" or stay in the 
foreground. That or use a different editor.