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sudo

command on Unix systems to temporarily assume root privileges
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Summary

sudo is a computer security software[1]. sudo draws 446 Wikipedia views per month (computer_security_software category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • sudo is the creator of Robert Coggeshall[3].
  • sudo is the creator of Cliff Spencer[4].
  • sudo's instance of is recorded as computer security software[5].
  • sudo's instance of is recorded as command-line tool[6].
  • sudo's instance of is recorded as free and open-source software[7].
  • sudo's developer is recorded as Todd C. Miller[8].
  • sudo's copyright license is recorded as ISC license[9].
  • sudo's programmed in is recorded as C[10].
  • sudo's operating system is recorded as Unix-like operating system[11].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.8[12].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.22[13].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.7.10p9[14].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.26[15].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.27[16].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.29[17].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.8.28[18].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.3[19].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.5p2[20].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.6[21].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.6p1[22].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.7[23].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.7p2[24].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.8[25].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.12[26].
  • sudo's software version identifier is recorded as 1.9.12p1[27].

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Authorship and Creation

Created works include Robert Coggeshall[3] and Cliff Spencer[4].

Why It Matters

sudo draws 446 Wikipedia views per month (computer_security_software category, ranking #1 of 8).[2] sudo has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] sudo is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Unix-like operating system

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Todd C. Miller
    Operating system → Unix-like operating system
    Programmed in → C
    Instance of → —
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine linux package: sudo, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324991972|sudo (#324991972)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mix'"
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