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Diffstat (limited to 'security/doas/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/doas/DESCR | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/security/doas/DESCR b/security/doas/DESCR index 05991147bc4..3c85595437f 100644 --- a/security/doas/DESCR +++ b/security/doas/DESCR @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -doas is a port of OpenBSD's doas which runs on FreeBSD, Linux and -NetBSD. +doas is a port of OpenBSD's doas. The doas utility is a program originally written for OpenBSD which allows a user to run a command as though they were another -user. Typically doas is used to allow non-privleged users to run +user. Typically doas is used to allow non-privileged users to run commands as though they were the root user. The doas program acts as an alternative to sudo, which is a popular method in the Linux community for granting admin access to specific users. |