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+# sudoers file.
+#
+# This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root.
+#
+# See the man page for the details on how to write a sudoers file.
+#
+
+# Host alias specification
+
+# Cmnd alias specification
+
+# User specification
+root	ALL=ALL