Apocrypha

sudo

Allows users or groups to run commands as other users

Sudo (superuser 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.

⚠ Security advisories affect this package: GLSA 202507-01, GLSA 202401-29, GLSA 202309-12

Available in

OverlayNewestEbuildsLast activity
gentoo gitweb ↗ 1.9.17_p2 2 13 h details ›
konsolebox GitHub ↗ 1.9.15_p5-r1 1 50 d details ›

Versions & arches

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9999 LIVE gentoo follows upstream — no keywords view · download · history ↗
1.9.17_p2 gentoo amd64 stable arm64 stable x86 stable ppc64 stable riscv testing alpha testing arm stable hppa testing loong testing m68k testing mips testing ppc stable s390 testing sparc testing view · download · history ↗
1.9.15_p5-r1 konsolebox amd64 untested arm64 untested x86 untested ppc64 untested riscv untested alpha untested arm untested hppa untested loong untested m68k untested mips untested ppc untested s390 untested sparc untested 2 mo view · download · history ↗

Use flags of 1.9.17_p2

  • gcrypt Use message digest functions from dev-libs/libgcrypt instead of sudo's
  • ldap Add LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)
  • nls Add Native Language Support (using gettext - GNU locale utilities)
  • offensive Let sudo print insults when the user types the wrong password
  • pam Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) - DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
  • sasl Add support for the Simple Authentication and Security Layer
  • +secure-path Replace PATH variable with compile time secure paths
  • selinux !!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur
  • +sendmail Allow sudo to send emails with sendmail
  • skey Enable S/Key (Single use password) authentication support
  • ssl Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
  • sssd Add System Security Services Daemon support
  • verify-sig Verify upstream signatures on distfiles

Runtime dependencies of 1.9.17_p2

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