Why does root default to using vi and not vim?

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • Why is there now a restriction for user id <= 100 to not “alias vi=vim”

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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