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Project Summary
Sudo (su "do") allows a system administrator to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while logging the commands and arguments.
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
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took an estimated 57 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in February, 1993
ending with its most recent commit 10 days ago
Quick Reference
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