sudo -- Allows restricted root access for specified users.
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Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users
(or groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root
while logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per-command
basis. It is not a replacement for the shell. Features include: the
ability to restrict what commands a user may run on a per-host basis,
copious logging of each command (providing a clear audit trail of who
did what), a configurable timeout of the sudo command, and the ability
to use the same configuration file (sudoers) on many different machines.