This is the CU version of sudo, release 1.5.5 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 cu-sudo.vM.m.tar.Z 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 CU sudo please see the HISTORY file that came with the release. Please note that while this source is based on the Root Group's sudo 1.1, the code has been changed significantly, so please do not bother them with bugs in CU sudo. Bug reports for this sudo should be sent to sudo-bugs@courtesan.com. For a complete list of changes, see the CHANGES file. For a summary, see the web page, http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/. System requirements =================== Sudo requires a machine running UN*X (most flavors of BSD, SYSV, or POSIX will do), a C compiler, and a yacc-compatible parser generator (yacc, byacc, bison). If you wish to modify the tokenizer then you will need flex version 2.5.2 or later. (sudo comes with a pre-flex'd tokenizer). You can get flex via anonymous ftp from ftp://ftp.ee.lbl.gov/pub/flex* as well as any GNU mirror. Building the release =================== Please read the installation guide in the `INSTALL' file before trying to build sudo. Things have changed quite a bit from the previous release (1.4). 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 the `GNU general public license.' Please refer to the `COPYING' file included with the release for a copy of the license proper. Mailing lists ============= There is a mailing list that receives announcements whenever a new version of sudo is released. You can subscribe to it by sending a message to "majordomo@cs.colorado.edu" that includes the line "subscribe sudo-announce". There is also a list for people working on and porting sudo. The command to add yourself is "subscribe sudo-workers". 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.