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A Brief history of sudo(8): A Brief history of sudo(8):
The sudo philosophy originated at SUNY-Buffalo in the early The sudo philosophy originated at SUNY-Buffalo in the early 1980's.
1980's. In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder enhanced sudo In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder enhanced sudo and released it
and released it to the public. For the next 5 years, to the public. For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by
sudo was fed and watered by a handful of folks a handful of folks at CU-Boulder, including Bob Coggeshall, Bob
at CU-Boulder, including Bob Coggeshall, Bob Manchek, and Manchek, and Trent Hein.
Trent Hein.
In 1991, Dave Hieb and Jeff Nieusma wrote a new version In 1991, Dave Hieb and Jeff Nieusma wrote a new version of sudo
of sudo with an enhanced sudoers format. This version with an enhanced sudoers format. This version was bought by a
was bought by a consulting firm called "The Root Group" consulting firm called "The Root Group" and released under the GNU
and released under the GNU general license. public license.
In 1996, Todd Miller, who had been maintaining sudo In 1996, Todd Miller, who had been maintaining sudo for several
for several years in his spare time, brought sudo years in his spare time, brought sudo development under the umbrella
development under the umbrella of his consulting firm, of his consulting firm, Courtesan Consulting. Courtesan remains
Courtesan Consulting. Courtesan remains committed to committed to a free sudo and is sponsoring another sudo rewrite as
a free sudo and is sponsoring another sudo rewrite well as continued development of the sudo 1.x code base. As of
as well as continued development of the sudo 1.x version 1.6, Sudo no longer contains any of the original "Root
code base. Group" code and is available with a BSD-style license.
sudo, in its current form, is maintained by: sudo, in its current form, is maintained by:
Todd Miller Todd Miller
<Todd.Miller@courtesan.com> <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
(303) 492-5720
Todd continues to enhance sudo and fix bugs. Bug reports and Todd continues to enhance sudo and fix bugs. Bug reports and fixes
fixes should be mailed to sudo-bugs@courtesan.com. should be mailed to sudo-bugs@courtesan.com. Please include the version
of sudo you are using and the platform you are running it on.