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.IX Title "SUDO @mansectsu@"
-.TH SUDO @mansectsu@ "January 21, 2004" "1.6.8" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
+.TH SUDO @mansectsu@ "January 29, 2004" "1.6.8" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
.SH "NAME"
sudo \- execute a command as another user
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
user is. This can be used by a user to log commands through sudo
even when a root shell has been invoked. It also allows the \fB\-e\fR
flag to remain useful even when being run via a sudo-run script or
-program.
+program. Note however, that the sudoers lookup is still done for
+root, not the user specified by \f(CW\*(C`SUDO_USER\*(C'\fR.
.PP
\&\fBsudo\fR can log both successful and unsuccessful attempts (as well
as errors) to \fIsyslog\fR\|(3), a log file, or both. By default \fBsudo\fR