./security/doas, Execute commands as another user

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Branch: pkgsrc-2020Q1, Version: 6.2p4, Package name: doas-6.2p4, Maintainer: ng0

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-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.

The doas program offers two benefits over sudo: its configuration file
has a simple syntax and it is smaller, requiring less effort to audit
the code. This makes it harder for both admins and coders to make
mistakes that potentially open security holes in the system.


Master sites:

SHA1: dd90972c3a120ae2b96432bae2c7a78c4c729166
RMD160: a8ed8677fbffd48bf87b4fa5c6b0dd98f0c5e428
Filesize: 25.486 KB

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