A Brief history of sudo(8):
-The sudo philosophy originated at SUNY-Buffalo in the early
-1980's. In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder enhanced sudo
-and released it to the public. For the next 5 years,
-sudo was fed and watered by a handful of folks
-at CU-Boulder, including Bob Coggeshall, Bob Manchek, and
-Trent Hein.
+The sudo philosophy originated at SUNY-Buffalo in the early 1980's.
+In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder enhanced sudo and released it
+to the public. For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by
+a handful of folks at CU-Boulder, including Bob Coggeshall, Bob
+Manchek, and Trent Hein.
-In 1991, Dave Hieb and Jeff Nieusma wrote a new version
-of sudo with an enhanced sudoers format. This version
-was bought by a consulting firm called "The Root Group"
-and released under the GNU general license.
+In 1991, Dave Hieb and Jeff Nieusma wrote a new version of sudo
+with an enhanced sudoers format. This version was bought by a
+consulting firm called "The Root Group" and released under the GNU
+public license.
-In 1996, Todd Miller, who had been maintaining sudo
-for several years in his spare time, brought sudo
-development under the umbrella of his consulting firm,
-Courtesan Consulting. Courtesan remains committed to
-a free sudo and is sponsoring another sudo rewrite
-as well as continued development of the sudo 1.x
-code base.
+In 1996, Todd Miller, who had been maintaining sudo for several
+years in his spare time, brought sudo development under the umbrella
+of his consulting firm, Courtesan Consulting. Courtesan remains
+committed to a free sudo and is sponsoring another sudo rewrite as
+well as continued development of the sudo 1.x code base. As of
+version 1.6, Sudo no longer contains any of the original "Root
+Group" code and is available with a BSD-style license.
sudo, in its current form, is maintained by:
Todd Miller
<Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
- (303) 492-5720
-Todd continues to enhance sudo and fix bugs. Bug reports and
-fixes should be mailed to sudo-bugs@courtesan.com.
+Todd continues to enhance sudo and fix bugs. Bug reports and fixes
+should be mailed to sudo-bugs@courtesan.com. Please include the version
+of sudo you are using and the platform you are running it on.