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@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +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 + sudo(8), doas(1), su(1) @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ asroot - run a process as the root user .SH DESCRIPTION The .B asroot -utility as for the user's password and runs the +utility asks for the user's password and runs the specified .I command with sanitised and updated environment variables. @@ -117,11 +117,6 @@ None. .SH EXAMPLES None. -.SH CONFORMING TO -The -.B asroot -utility is non-standard utility. - .SH RATIONALE None. |