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NAME
asroot - run a process as the root user
SYNOPSIS
asroot [-e] command [argument] ...
DESCRIPTION
The asroot utility asks for the user's password and runs the specified
command with sanitised and updated environment variables.
Only users in the wheel group are allowed to run the asroot utility,
unless it is installed with non-standard permissions.
OPTIONS
The asroot utility conforms to the Base Definitions volume of
POSIX.1-2017, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines.
The following option is supported:
-e Keep the environment variables as is. Neither sanitise nor
update them.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
command
The command that shall be run with as the root user. This will
be both the process image and the process's zeroth command line
argument.
argument ...
Command line arguments for the command to run.
SEE ALSO
editasroot(8), key2root(8), sudo(8), doas(1), su(1)
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