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sudo-1.9.17.2p1

execute a command as another user

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Description

Sudo (su "do") allows a system administrator to delegate authority to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments.

Package information

Ports path
security/sudo
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Todd C. Miller <millert@openbsd.org>
Categories
security, lang/python
Available flavors
gettext, ldap, no_python

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