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Document that sudo uses the real uid to map from uid to passwd file

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Todd C. Miller
2015-08-09 16:22:16 -06:00
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@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
.\" Agency (DARPA) and Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force
.\" Materiel Command, USAF, under agreement number F39502-99-1-0512.
.\"
.TH "SUDO" "8" "August 7, 2015" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
.TH "SUDO" "8" "August 9, 2015" "Sudo @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System Manager's Manual"
.nh
.if n .ad l
.SH "NAME"
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ allows a permitted user to execute a
\fIcommand\fR
as the superuser or another user, as specified by the security
policy.
The invoking user's real
(\fInot\fR
effective) user ID is used to determine the user name with which
to query the security policy.
.PP
\fBsudo\fR
supports a plugin architecture for security policies and input/output