documented the -v flag

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Todd C. Miller
1994-05-29 00:42:08 +00:00
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.TH SUDO 8
.SH NAME
sudo, visudo \- execute a command as the superuser and edit the suoders file
sudo, visudo \- execute a command as the superuser and edit the sudoers file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sudo
.B sudo [-v]
.I command
.sp
.B visudo
.B visudo [-v]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Sudo
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.I Sudo
determines who is an authorized user by consulting the file
.I /etc/sudoers.
The
.I -v
flag will print the version of sudo/visudo you are running.
Sudo will prompt for a user's password to initiate a validation period
of N minutes (where N is defined at installation time and defaults
to 5 minutes).
@@ -208,5 +211,16 @@ There is no easy way to prevent a user from gaining a root shell if
that user has access to commands that are shell scripts or that
allow shell escapes.
.SH BUGS
The
.I -v
flag gives the version of the
.I sudo
package rather than the individual
.I sudo
or
.I visudo
program.
.SH SEE ALSO
su(1)