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A Brief history of sudo(8): |
A Brief history of sudo(8): |
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The sudo philosophy originated at SUNY-Buffalo in the early 1980's. |
Sudo was first conceived and implemented by Bob Coggeshall and Cliff |
The first version of sudo was written there by Cliff Spencer in |
Spencer around 1980 at the Department of Computer Science at |
1983. An updated version, credited to Phil Betchel, Cliff Spencer, |
SUNY/Buffalo. It ran on a VAX-11/750 running 4.1BSD. An updated |
Gretchen Phillips, John LoVerso and Don Gworek, was posted to the |
version, credited to Phil Betchel, Cliff Spencer, Gretchen Phillips, |
net.sources newsgroup in December of 1985. |
John LoVerso and Don Gworek, was posted to the net.sources newsgroup |
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in December of 1985. |
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In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder released and enhanced version |
In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder released and enhanced version |
of sudo. For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by a handful |
of sudo. For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by a handful |