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What is Sudo?

Sudo (su "do") allows a system administrator to delegate authority to give certain users (or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root or another user while providing an audit trail of the commands and their arguments. For more information, see the introduction to Sudo.

 

Releases

The current stable version is sudo 1.7.4p3, released on August 18, 2010.
See the download page for a list of binary packages.

 

News

[2010-08-18] Sudo version 1.7.4p3 is now available. This release fixes compilation problems on some platforms as well as a bug where duplicate HOME environment variables could be set when the env_reset setting is disabled and the always_set_home setting is enabled. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4p3.

[2010-08-09] Sudo version 1.7.4p2 is now available. This release fixes a bug where sudo could spin in a cpu loop waiting for the child process. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4p2.

[2010-08-06] Sudo version 1.7.4p1 is now available. This release fixes a bug introduced in sudo 1.7.3 that prevented the -k and -K options from functioning when the tty_tickets sudoers option was enabled. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4p1.

[2010-07-30] Sudo version 1.7.4 is now available. This is primarily a bugfix release. Beginning with this release, sudo binaries are available in package form. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4.

[2010-06-29] Sudo version 1.7.3 is now available. One of the biggest changes in this release is support for logging a command's input and output as well as the ability to replay sessions. Major changes in sudo 1.7.3.

[2010-05-29] Sudo version 1.7.2p8 is now available. This fixes a crash on AIX when LDAP support is enabled. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p8.

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