NAME¶

sudo - execute a command as another user

SYNOPSIS¶

sudo [-u user] [-g group] [-D directory] [-knS] [-i | -s] [<command>]

sudo -h | -K | -k | -V

DESCRIPTION¶

sudo allows a user that is permitted to do so to execute a command as another user (for example root). Permissions are specified by a security policy specified in /etc/sudoers (see sudoers(5)).

Sudo-rs is a safety oriented and memory safe re-implementation of the original sudo implementation by Todd Miller.

When a command is run, a session record is stored for that specific session allowing users to run additional commands without having to re-authenticate. The timeout for session records can be specified in the policy.

Some care is taken to pass signals received by sudo-rs to the child process, even if that process runs in its own pseudo terminal.

OPTIONS¶

-D directory, --chdir=directory

Run the command in the specified directory instead of the current working directory. The security policy may return an error if the user does not have the permission to specify the working directory.

-g group, --group=group

Use this group as the primary group instead of using the primary group specified in the password database for the target user.

-h, --help

Show a help message.

-i, --login

Run the shell specified by the target user’s password database entry as a login shell. This means that login-specific resource files such as .profile, .bash_profile or .login will be read by the shell. If a command is specified, it is passed to the shell using the -c option.

-K, --remove-timestamp

Removes every cached session record for the user, regardless of where the command is executed. The next time sudo-rs is run, authentication will take place if the policy requires it. No password is required to run this command.

-k, --reset-timestamp

When used without a command, invalidates the user’s session record for the current session. The next time sudo-rs is run, authentication will take place if the policy requires it.

-n, --non-interactive

Avoid prompting the user for input of any kind. If any input is required for the command to run, sudo-rs will display an error message and exit.

-S, --stdin

Read from standard input instead of using the terminal device.

-s, --shell

Run the shell specified by the SHELL environment variable. If no shell was specified, the shell from the user’s password database entry will be used instead. If a command is specified, it is passed to the shell using the -c option.

-u user, --user=user

Run the command as another user than the default (root).

-V, --version

Display the current version of sudo-rs.

-v, --validate

Update the session record for the current session, authenticating the user if necessary.

--

Indicates the end of the sudo-rs options and start of the command.

SEE ALSO¶

su(1), sudoers(5), visudo(8)