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Sudo
Sudo used on pacman
Release Status	Maintained
Last Release	1.9.15p5, 2023-12-30
Language(s)	c
Developer(s)	sudo project
Website	www.sudo.ws/

The command line tool sudo is used to run commands as another user (most likely root). Its name is shorthand for "substitute user and do". System administrators may configure sudo by editing the /etc/sudoers file to specify which users or groups can execute specific commands.

Usage

The following are several common usecases for sudo.

note: every mentioned command is also compatible with the -u <user> argument, which will run the command as the given user instead of superuser

Common Sudo Commands
Command	Description
`sudo <command>`	run the given command as superuser
`sudo -E <command>`	Run the given command as superuser while keeping the current user's env vars
`sudo -s`	Opens a shell with superuser permissions

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-sudo (substitute user do) is a [[cli]] tool used to run [[commands]] as other users (most likely [[root]]). the system administrator can further edit the permissions of which user/group can use sudo and what commands can they run it on through the <code>/etc/sudoers</code> file
+The command line tool <code>sudo</code> is used to run commands as another user (most likely [[root]]). Its name is shorthand for "substitute user and do". System administrators may configure sudo by editing the <code>/etc/sudoers</code> file to specify which users or groups can execute specific commands.
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-TODO: explain the usage of sudoedit and /etc/sudoers
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