Package sudo: Information
Source package: sudo
Version: 1.6.8p12-alt7
Build time: Feb 23, 2010, 06:23 PM
Category: System/Base
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License: BSD-style
Summary: Allows command execution as another user
Description:
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.
Maintainer: Dmitry V. Levin
Last changed
Feb. 23, 2010 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.8p12-alt7
- Backported upstream fix for CVE-2010-0426 (a flaw in sudoedit could give a user with permission to run sudoedit the ability to run arbitrary commands).
May 6, 2009 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.8p12-alt6
- Fixed build with fresh libtool.
Jan. 21, 2008 Dmitry V. Levin 1:1.6.8p12-alt5
- Documented that set_home is on by default due to --enable-shell-sets-home. - Configured less confusing default password prompt (#13719). - Fixed build with autoconf-2.61.