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1.6     ! espie       1: .\" $OpenBSD: doas.1,v 1.5 2015/07/18 06:33:23 nicm 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
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                     14: .\"ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
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1.6     ! espie      16: .Dd $Mdocdate: July 18 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
1.5       nicm       24: .Op Fl s
1.1       tedu       25: .Op Fl u Ar user
1.4       schwarze   26: .Ar command
1.1       tedu       27: .Op Ar args
                     28: .Sh DESCRIPTION
                     29: The
                     30: .Nm
                     31: utility executes the given command as another user.
                     32: .Pp
                     33: The options are as follows:
                     34: .Bl -tag -width tenletters
1.5       nicm       35: .It Fl s
                     36: Execute the shell from
                     37: .Ev SHELL
                     38: or
                     39: .Pa /etc/passwd .
1.1       tedu       40: .It Fl u Ar user
                     41: Execute the command as
                     42: .Ar user .
                     43: The default is root.
                     44: .El
                     45: .Sh EXIT STATUS
                     46: .Ex -std doas
1.3       tedu       47: It may fail for one of the following reasons:
1.1       tedu       48: .Pp
                     49: .Bl -bullet -compact
                     50: .It
1.6     ! espie      51: The config file
        !            52: .Pa /etc/doas.conf
        !            53: could not be parsed.
1.1       tedu       54: .It
1.2       tedu       55: The user attempted to run a command which is not permitted.
1.1       tedu       56: .It
1.2       tedu       57: The password was incorrect.
1.1       tedu       58: .El
1.2       tedu       59: .Sh SEE ALSO
                     60: .Xr doas.conf 5
1.1       tedu       61: .Sh HISTORY
                     62: The
                     63: .Nm
                     64: command first appeared in
                     65: .Ox 5.8 .
                     66: .Sh AUTHORS
                     67: .An Ted Unangst Aq Mt tedu@openbsd.org