Sudo News

Sudo version 1.7.4 was released on July 30, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4.

Sudo version 1.7.4rc2 was released on July 29, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4rc2.

Sudo version 1.7.4rc1 was released on July 27, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4rc1.

Sudo version 1.7.4b5 was released on July 26, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4b5.

Sudo version 1.7.4b4 was released on July 21, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4b4.

Sudo version 1.7.4b3 was released on July 20, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4b3.

Sudo version 1.7.4b2 was released on July 19, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4b2.

Sudo version 1.7.4b1 was released on July 17, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.4b1.

Sudo version 1.7.3 was released on June 29, 2010. One of the biggest changes in this release is support for logging a command's input and output as well as the ability to replay sessions. Major changes in sudo 1.7.3.

Sudo version 1.7.2p8 was released on June 29, 2010. This fixes a crash on AIX when LDAP support is enabled.

Sudo version 1.7.3rc1 was released on June 28, 2010. This is a release candidate.

The Sudo web site has been given a facelift.

Sudo version 1.7.3b4 was released on June 18, 2010.

Sudo version 1.7.3b3 was released on June 14, 2010.

Sudo version 1.7.2p7 was released on June 1, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p7.

Sudo version 1.6.9p23 was released on June 1, 2010.

Sudo version 1.7.2p6 was released on April 9, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p6.

Sudo version 1.6.9p22 was released on April 9, 2010.

Sudo version 1.7.2p5 was released on March 1, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p5.

Sudo version 1.6.9p21 was released on February 23, 2010.

Sudo version 1.7.2p4 was released on February 22, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p4.

Sudo version 1.7.2p3 was released on February 13, 2010. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p3.

Sudo version 1.7.2p2 was released on December 6, 2009. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p2.

Microsoft was granted US patent 7,617,530 that some people incorrectly believed could be interpreted to cover Sudo on November 10, 2009.

Sudo version 1.7.2p1 was released on July 28, 2009. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2p1.

Sudo version 1.7.2 was released on July 11, 2009. Major changes in sudo 1.7.2.

Sudo version 1.7.2rc1 was released on June 29, 2009. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.7.2b3 was released on June 23, 2009.

Sudo version 1.7.2b2 was released on June 21, 2009.

Sudo version 1.7.2b1 was released on June 11, 2009.

Sudo version 1.7.1 was released on April 18, 2009. Major changes in sudo 1.7.1.

Sudo version 1.7.1rc1 was released on April 7, 2009. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.7.1b5 was released on March 28, 2009.

Sudo version 1.7.1b4 was released on March 19, 2009.

Sudo version 1.7.1b3 was released on March 12, 2009.

Sudo version 1.7.1b2 was released on March 7, 2009.

Sudo version 1.6.9p20 was released on January 29, 2009. This fixes a security flaw that could allow a user with sudo privileges to run commands as a different user than their access rule specifies.

Sudo version 1.7.0 was released on December 19, 2008. Major changes in sudo 1.7.0.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc9 was released on December 14, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc8 was released on December 3, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.6.9p19 was released on December 3, 2008.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc7 was released on November 25, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc6 was released on November 24, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.6.9p18 was released on November 14, 2008. Happy Birthday to me!

Sudo version 1.7.0rc5 was released on November 11, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc4 was released on November 10, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc3 was released on November 4, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc2 was released on June 10, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.6.9p17 was released on June 26, 2008.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc2 was released on June 10, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.6.9p16 was released on May 8, 2008.

Sudo version 1.7.0rc1 was released on May 8, 2008. This is a release candidate.

Sudo version 1.6.9p15 was released on March 27, 2008.

Sudo version 1.6.9p14 was released on March 5, 2008.

Sudo version 1.6.9p13 was released on February 20, 2008. This is the first Sudo release to include support for implementing role-based access control (RBAC) via SELinux.

Sudo version 1.6.9p12 was released on January 20, 2008.

Sudo version 1.6.9p11 was released on January 5, 2008.

Sudo version 1.6.9p10 was released on December 19, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p9 was released on December 3, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p8 was released on November 2, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p7 was released on October 25, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p6 was released on October 6, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p5 was released on September 5, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p4 was released on August 16, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p3 was released on August 2, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p2 was released on July 29, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9p1 was released on July 26, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.9 was released on July 17, 2007.

Sudo version 1.6.8p12 was released on November 8, 2005.

Sudo version 1.6.8p11 was released on October 28, 2005.

Sudo version 1.6.8p10 was released on October 27, 2005. This fixes a security flaw that could allow a user with sudo privileges to run a bash script to run unauthorized commands.

Sudo version 1.6.8p9 was released on June 20, 2005. This fixes a security flaw that could allow a user with sudo privileges to run unauthorized commands.

Sudo version 1.6.8p8 was released on March 31, 2005.

Sudo version 1.6.8p7 was released on February 5, 2005.

Sudo version 1.6.8p6 was released on January 1, 2005.

Sudo version 1.6.8p5 was released on November 28, 2004.

Sudo version 1.6.8p4 was released on November 17, 2004.

Sudo version 1.6.8p3 was released on November 16, 2004.

Sudo version 1.6.8p2 was released on November 11, 2004. This fixes a security flaw with respect to running Bash scripts via Sudo.

Sudo version 1.6.8p1 was released on September 15, 2004. This fixes a security flaw in sudoedit that can expose the contents of normally unreadable files.

Sudo version 1.6.8 was released on August 17, 2004.

Microsoft was granted US patent 6,775,781 that if interpreted broadly might be interpreted to cover Sudo on August 10, 2004.

Sudo version 1.6.7p5 was released on May 8, 2003.

Sudo version 1.6.7p4 was released on April 16, 2003.

Sudo version 1.6.7p3 was released on April 6, 2003.

Sudo version 1.6.7p2 was released on April 3, 2003.

Sudo version 1.6.7p1 was released on April 1, 2003.

Sudo version 1.6.7 was released on March 31, 2003.

Sudo version 1.6.6 was released on April 25, 2002. This fixes a potential security hole (buffer overflow) present in sudo versions 1.5.7 - 1.6.5p2.

Sudo version 1.6.5p2 was released on January 23, 2002.

Sudo version 1.6.5p1 was released on January 18, 2002.

Sudo version 1.6.5 was released on January 17, 2002.

Sudo version 1.6.4p2 was released on January 16, 2002.

Sudo version 1.6.4p1 was released on January 15, 2002.

Sudo version 1.6.4 was released on January 14, 2002.

The Sudo mailing list archives are now searchable.

Sudo version 1.6.3p7 was released on Mar 2, 2001. This fixes the negating of path-type Defaults entries in a boolean context.

Sudo version 1.6.3p6 was released on Feb 19, 2001. This fixes a security problem (heap corruption). The bugs has been successfully exploited on Linux but requires intimate knowledge of how the system malloc() works. There is a paper on this.

Sudo version 1.6.3p5 was released on Aug 13, 2000. This fixes the listpw and verifypw sudoers options.

The sudo mailing lists now use the MailMan mailing list manager.

Sudo version 1.6.3p4 was released on Jun 4, 2000. This fixes a bug in visudo.

Sudo version 1.6.3p3 was released on May 14, 2000. This adds a patch missing in version 1.6.3p2.

Sudo version 1.6.3p2 was released on May 10, 2000. This fixes three bugs present in version 1.6.3.

Sudo version 1.6.3p1 was released on May 9, 2000.

Sudo version 1.6.3 was released on March 26, 2000.

Sudo version 1.6.2p3 was released on March 9, 2000.

Sudo version 1.6.2p2 was released on February 26, 2000.

Sudo version 1.6.2p1 was released on January 27, 2000.

Sudo version 1.6.2 was released on January 24, 2000. Version 1.6.2 is primarily a bugfix release.

Sudo version 1.6.1 was released on December 10, 1999. Version 1.6.1 is a bugfix release only and does not include any new features.

The sudo web site has a new layout (as you've no doubt noticed). Hopefully it is easier to navigate in this incarnation.

Sudo version 1.6 was released on November 17, 1999. Version 1.6 features a more regular grammar and most features are now configurable at runtime.