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changable at runtime (and on a global, per-host and per-user basis). Both the names and the internal representation are still subject to change. It was necessary to make sudo_user.runas but a char ** instead of a char * since this value can be changed by a Defaults line. There is a similar (but more complicated) issue with sudo_user.prompt but it is handled differently at the moment. Add a "-L" flag to list the name of options with their descriptions. This may only be temporary. Move some prototypes to parse.h Be much less restrictive on what is allowed for a username.
This is Sudo version 1.6
The sudo philosophy
===================
Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges
to users and log root activity. The basic philosophy is to give as few
privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done.
Where to find sudo
==================
Before you try and build sudo, *please* make sure you have the current
version. The latest sudo may always be gotten via anonymous ftp
from ftp.courtesan.com in the directory /pub/sudo/.
The distribution is sudo-M.m.tar.gz where `M' is the major
version number and `m' is the minor version number.
BETA versions of sudo may also be available. If you join
the `sudo-workers' mailing list you will get the BETA announcements
(see the `Mailing lists' section below).
What's new
==========
For a history of sudo please see the HISTORY file that came with this
release.
For a complete list of changes, see the CHANGES file. For a summary,
see the web page, http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/.
If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Sudo, please see
the UPGRADE file.
NOTE: Starting with sudo 1.5.7 the configuration method has changed
significantly as compared to previous versions. All options
are now set via the configure script. See the `INSTALL' file
for a list of all the configure options.
System requirements
===================
Sudo requires a machine running UN*X (most flavors of BSD, SYSV,
or POSIX will do), a working C compiler, and the make utility.
If you wish to modify the parser then you will need flex version
2.5.2 or later and either bison or byacc (sudo comes with a
pre-flex'd tokenizer and pre-yacc'd grammar parser). You'll also
have to uncomment a few lines from the Makefile. You can get flex
via anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/pub/flex* as well as
any GNU mirror. You can get GNU bison from
ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/bison* or any GNU mirror.
Building the release
====================
Please read the installation guide in the `INSTALL' file before
trying to build sudo. The `RUNSON' file contains a list of of
platforms that this version of sudo is known to work on. If you
can add to this list, please send mail to sudo-bugs@courtesan.com.
If something goes wrong you may want to refer to the `TROUBLESHOOTING'
file.
Copyright
=========
Sudo is distributed under a BSD-style license.
Please refer to the `LICENSE' file included with the release for details.
Mailing lists
=============
sudo-announce This list receives announcements whenever a new version
of sudo is released.
sudo-users This list is for questions and general discussion about sudo.
sudo-workers This list is for people working on and porting sudo.
To subscribe to a list, send a mail message to "majordomo@cs.colorado.edu"
with a line in the message body (_not_ the subject) of "subscribe listname"
where "listname" is one of sudo-announce, sudo-users, or sudo-workers.
Currently all the lists are fairly low-volume so there hasn't been a
need for digest versions.
Web page
========
There is a sudo `web page' at http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
that contains an overview of sudo as well as pointers to BETA versions
and other useful info.
Bug reports
===========
A list of known bugs may be found in the `BUGS' file.
Please send (new) bugs, problems, comments, features, ports, etc to
sudo-bugs@courtesan.com. Please read over the `TROUBLESHOOTING'
file *before* submitting a bug report. When reporting bugs, please
be sure to include the version of sudo you are using as well as the
platform you are running it on.