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1.1       misho       1: The sudo philosophy
                      2: ===================
                      3: Sudo is a program designed to allow a sysadmin to give limited root privileges
                      4: to users and log root activity.  The basic philosophy is to give as few
                      5: privileges as possible but still allow people to get their work done.
                      6: 
                      7: Where to find sudo
                      8: ==================
                      9: Before you try and build sudo, *please* make sure you have the current
                     10: version.  The latest sudo may always be gotten via anonymous ftp from
                     11: ftp.sudo.ws in the directory /pub/sudo/ or from the sudo web site,
                     12: http://www.sudo.ws/
                     13: 
1.1.1.2   misho      14: The distribution is sudo-M.m.tar.gz where `M' is the major version
                     15: number and `m' is the minor version number.  BETA versions of sudo may
                     16: also be available.  If you join the `sudo-workers' mailing list you
                     17: will get the BETA announcements (see the `Mailing lists' section below).
1.1       misho      18: 
                     19: What's new
                     20: ==========
                     21: See the NEWS file for a list of major changes in this release.
                     22: For a complete list of changes, see the ChangeLog file.  For a
                     23: summary of major changes to the current stable release, see the web
                     24: page, http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/stable.html.
                     25: 
                     26: If you are upgrading from an earlier version of Sudo, please see
                     27: the UPGRADE file in the doc directory.
                     28: 
                     29: For a history of sudo please see the HISTORY file in the doc directory.
1.1.1.2   misho      30: You can find a list of contributors to sudo in the doc/CONTRIBUTORS file.
1.1       misho      31: 
                     32: Building the release
                     33: ====================
1.1.1.3 ! misho      34: Please read the installation guide in the `INSTALL' file before trying to
        !            35: build sudo.  Pay special attention to the "OS dependent notes" section.
1.1       misho      36: 
                     37: Copyright
                     38: =========
                     39: Sudo is distributed under an ISC-style license.
                     40: Please refer to the `LICENSE' file included with the release for details.
                     41: 
                     42: Mailing lists
                     43: =============
                     44: sudo-announce  This list receives announcements whenever a new version
                     45:                of sudo is released.
                     46:                http://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-announce
                     47: 
                     48: sudo-users     This list is for questions and general discussion about sudo.
                     49:                http://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-users
                     50: 
                     51: sudo-workers   This list is for people working on and porting sudo.
                     52:                http://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-workers
                     53: 
                     54: sudo-commits   This list receives a message for each commit made to
                     55:                the sudo source repository.
                     56:                http://www.sudo.ws/mailman/listinfo/sudo-commits
                     57: 
                     58: To subscribe to a list, visit its url (as listed above) and enter
                     59: your email address to subscribe.  Digest versions are available but
                     60: these are fairly low traffic lists so the digest versions are not
                     61: a significant win.
                     62: 
                     63: Mailing list archives are also available.  See the mailing list web sites
                     64: for the appropriate links.
                     65: 
                     66: Web page
                     67: ========
1.1.1.3 ! misho      68: There is a sudo web page at http://www.sudo.ws/ that contains an
        !            69: overview of sudo, documentation, downloads, a bug tracker, information
        !            70: about beta versions and other useful info.
1.1       misho      71: 
                     72: Bug reports
                     73: ===========
                     74: If you have found what you believe to be a bug, you can file a bug
                     75: report in the sudo bug database, on the web at http://www.sudo.ws/bugs/.
                     76: 
                     77: Please read over the `TROUBLESHOOTING' file in the doc directory *before*
                     78: submitting a bug report.  When reporting bugs, please be sure to include
                     79: the version of sudo you are using as well as the platform you are running
                     80: it on.

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