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1.12    ! espie       1: .\" $OpenBSD: doas.1,v 1.11 2015/07/26 17:24:02 zhuk Exp $
1.1       tedu        2: .\"
                      3: .\"Copyright (c) 2015 Ted Unangst <tedu@openbsd.org>
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
                      6: .\"purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
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                     10: .\"WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
                     11: .\"MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
                     12: .\"ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
                     13: .\"WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
                     14: .\"ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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1.12    ! espie      16: .Dd $Mdocdate: July 26 2015 $
1.1       tedu       17: .Dt DOAS 1
                     18: .Os
                     19: .Sh NAME
                     20: .Nm doas
                     21: .Nd execute commands as another user
                     22: .Sh SYNOPSIS
                     23: .Nm doas
1.12    ! espie      24: .Op Fl ns
1.9       tedu       25: .Op Fl C Ar config
1.1       tedu       26: .Op Fl u Ar user
1.4       schwarze   27: .Ar command
1.1       tedu       28: .Op Ar args
                     29: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     30: The
                     31: .Nm
                     32: utility executes the given command as another user.
1.11      zhuk       33: The
                     34: .Ar command
                     35: argument is mandatory unless
                     36: .Fl C
                     37: or
                     38: .Fl s
                     39: is specified.
1.1       tedu       40: .Pp
                     41: The options are as follows:
                     42: .Bl -tag -width tenletters
1.9       tedu       43: .It Fl C Ar config
                     44: Parse and check the configuration file
                     45: .Ar config ,
                     46: then exit.
1.11      zhuk       47: If
                     48: .Ar command
                     49: is supplied,
                     50: .Nm
                     51: will also perform command matching.
                     52: In the latter case
                     53: either
                     54: .Sq permit ,
                     55: .Sq permit nopass
                     56: or
                     57: .Sq deny
                     58: will be printed on standard output, depending on command
                     59: matching results.
1.9       tedu       60: No command is executed.
1.12    ! espie      61: .It Fl n
        !            62: Non interactive mode, fail if
        !            63: .Nm
        !            64: would prompt for password.
1.5       nicm       65: .It Fl s
                     66: Execute the shell from
                     67: .Ev SHELL
                     68: or
                     69: .Pa /etc/passwd .
1.1       tedu       70: .It Fl u Ar user
                     71: Execute the command as
                     72: .Ar user .
                     73: The default is root.
                     74: .El
                     75: .Sh EXIT STATUS
                     76: .Ex -std doas
1.3       tedu       77: It may fail for one of the following reasons:
1.1       tedu       78: .Pp
                     79: .Bl -bullet -compact
                     80: .It
1.7       jmc        81: The config file
1.6       espie      82: .Pa /etc/doas.conf
                     83: could not be parsed.
1.1       tedu       84: .It
1.2       tedu       85: The user attempted to run a command which is not permitted.
1.1       tedu       86: .It
1.2       tedu       87: The password was incorrect.
1.8       zhuk       88: .It
                     89: The actual program is absent or not executable.
1.1       tedu       90: .El
1.2       tedu       91: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     92: .Xr doas.conf 5
1.1       tedu       93: .Sh HISTORY
                     94: The
                     95: .Nm
                     96: command first appeared in
                     97: .Ox 5.8 .
                     98: .Sh AUTHORS
                     99: .An Ted Unangst Aq Mt tedu@openbsd.org