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Sudo

sudo (/suː.duː/ or /ˈsuː.doʊ/) is a shell command on Unix-like operating systems that enables a user to run a program with the security privileges of another user, by default the superuser. It originally stood for "superuser do", as that was all it did, and this remains its most common usage; however, the official Sudo project page lists it as "su 'do'".…

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Developer
Todd C. Miller
License
ISC-style
Operating system
Unix-like
Original authors
Robert Coggeshall, Cliff Spencer
Release
c. 1980
Repository
git.sudo.ws/sudo/

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Sudo

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples55
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Sudo

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related to history · 22
Sudo → Applied Science, Between, Cliff Spencer, College, Colorado Boulder, Colorado Boulder Computer Science, Computer Science, Department, Engineering, GUI, In November, ISC-style, IT, Microsoft, Miller, OpenBSD, Robert Coggeshall, SUNY/Buffalo, The, Thomas Claburn
related to Design · 8
Sudo → After, As, By, If, This, Unlike, Users, When
has impact · 4
Sudo → Apple's, In, Linux, This
related to RBAC · 3
Sudo → In, RBAC, SELinux
related to Tools and similar programs · 3
Sudo → It, Sudoedit, When
related to Configuration · 2
Sudo → The, The/etc/sudoersfile
Developer · 1
Sudo → Todd C. Miller
License · 1
Sudo → ISC-style
Operating system · 1
Sudo → Unix-like
Original authors · 1
Sudo → Robert Coggeshall, Cliff Spencer

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user command configuration users password file commands run system default similar superuser access also terminal windows unix-like privileges another authentication

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SudoDeveloperTodd C. Miller1.00infobox
SudoLicenseISC-style1.00infobox
SudoOperating systemUnix-like1.00infobox
SudoOriginal authorsRobert Coggeshall, Cliff Spencer1.00infobox
SudoReleasec. 19801.00infobox
SudoRepositorygit.sudo.ws/sudo/1.00infobox
SudoStable release1.9.17p2 / 26 July 2025; 12 months ago (26 July 2025)1.00infobox
SudoTypePrivilege authorization1.00infobox
SudoWebsitewww.sudo.ws1.00infobox
SudoWritten inC1.00infobox
allowing commands to be run assudowithout a passwordinstance ofSudo contains several configuration options0.80text
changing which users can usesudoinstance ofSudo contains several configuration options0.80text

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