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    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: 
   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).
   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.
   30: You can find a list of contributors to sudo in the doc/CONTRIBUTORS file.
   31: 
   32: Building the release
   33: ====================
   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.
   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: ========
   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.
   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.