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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 cli tool sudo is a command line tool 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

TODO: explain the usage of sudoedit and /etc/sudoers

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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 cli tool <code>sudo</code> is a command line tool 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.
 == Usage ==