=================================================================== RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/sudo/Attic/sudo.8,v retrieving revision 1.1 retrieving revision 1.2 diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 --- src/usr.bin/sudo/Attic/sudo.8 1999/11/18 16:29:01 1.1 +++ src/usr.bin/sudo/Attic/sudo.8 2000/01/24 04:22:53 1.2 @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ .rn '' }` -''' $RCSfile: sudo.8,v $$Revision: 1.1 $$Date: 1999/11/18 16:29:01 $ +''' $RCSfile: sudo.8,v $$Revision: 1.2 $$Date: 2000/01/24 04:22:53 $ ''' ''' $Log: sudo.8,v $ -''' Revision 1.1 1999/11/18 16:29:01 millert -''' Initial revision +''' Revision 1.2 2000/01/24 04:22:53 millert +''' sudo 1.6.2 ''' -''' Revision 1.39 1999/11/16 05:42:28 millert -''' get rid of references to sudo-bugs. Now mention the web site or the sudo@ alias +''' Revision 1.43 2000/01/17 17:28:41 millert +''' Crank version to 1.6.2 ''' ''' .de Sh @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ .nr % 0 .rr F .\} -.TH sudo 8 "1.6" "15/Nov/1999" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS" +.TH sudo 8 "1.6.2" "4/Dec/1999" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS" .UC .if n .hy 0 .if n .na @@ -203,7 +203,12 @@ superuser or another user, as specified in the sudoers file. The real and effective uid and gid are set to match those of the target user as specified in the passwd file (the group vector is also -initialized when the target user is not root). +initialized when the target user is not root). By default, \fBsudo\fR +requires that users authenticate themselves with a password +(NOTE: this is the user's password, not the root password). Once +a user has been authenticated, a timestamp is updated and the +user may then use sudo without a password for a short period of time +(five minutes by default). .PP \fBsudo\fR determines who is an authorized user by consulting the file \fI/etc/sudoers\fR. By giving \fBsudo\fR the \f(CW-v\fR flag a user @@ -423,7 +428,7 @@ of \fBsudo\fR. .SH "BUGS" If you feel you have found a bug in sudo, please submit a bug report -at http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/bugs/. +at http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/bugs/ .SH "DISCLAIMER" \fBSudo\fR is provided ``AS IS'\*(R' and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability