./sysutils/runas, Wrapper around su for running a command as another user

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Branch: CURRENT, Version: 0.2.0, Package name: runas-0.2.0, Maintainer: bacon

Runas is a tool for running commands as another user. It is an
alternative to "sudo", which has a history of serious security issues,
and "su", which is inconvenient for anything but running a shell.

The runas command is a simple wrapper around "su" to streamline its
use. It differs from "sudo" in that it requires the password of the
target user rather than the calling user, and it requires no SUID
permissions or configuration.

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   2023-10-29 12:46:46 by Jason Bacon | Files touched by this commit (4) 
Log message:
sysutils/runas: Update to 0.2.0

Add asroot alias, equivalent to "runas root"
Give user control over "su" flags
Guard against Trojan "su" commands

Changes: https://github.com/outpaddling/runas/releases
   2023-09-11 16:01:39 by Jason Bacon | Files touched by this commit (5) 
Log message:
sysutils/runas: Run a command as another user

Runas is a tool for running commands as another user.  It is an
alternative to "sudo", which has a history of serious security issues,
and "su", which is inconvenient for anything but running a shell.

The runas command is a simple wrapper around "su" to streamline its
use.  It differs from "sudo" in that it requires the password of the
target user rather than the calling user, and it requires no SUID
permissions or configuration.