Sudo ported to DOS
OSnews - Exploring the Future of Computing [Unofficial]
March 18, 2026
DOS didn’t have sudo yet. This gross oversight has been addressed. SUDO examines the environment for the COMSPEC variable to find the default command interpreter, falling back to C:\COMMAND.COM if not set. The interpreter is then executed in unprotected real mode for full privileges. ↫ SUDO for DOS’ Codeberg page A vital tool, for sure.
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