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sudon't – blog by Tony Finch (dotat.at)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Now that you've mentioned how complex they are, can you share a few alternatives, apart from run0?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

doas is relativly simple (a few hundred LOC), especially compared to sudo. The main benefit of run0 over doas is that it isn't a SUID binary, they are similary complex.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

doas is relativly simple (a few hundred LOC)

Actually it's close to 2k lines of code (1,946 to be exact). But yes, it's certainly a lot simpler than sudo (132k).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I use rdo and ssu, each with a bit over 100 loc C code. Though they both have their own strong and weak points, i'm sure there are other similiar tools around.