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doas

OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool

About doas

OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool

This project links 12 native package records across 7 recorded operating-system releases. Compare the retained versions and architectures below, then open the package for your own release.

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Alpine Linux 3.21: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.22: 2 package records; Alpine Linux 3.23: 2 package records; Debian 12 (Bookworm): 2 package records; Debian 13 (Trixie): 2 package records; Fedora 43: 1 package records; Fedora 44: 1 package records. Catalog coverage diagram, not an application screenshot.doas: recorded package coverageAlpine Linux 3.212 recordsAlpine Linux 3.222 recordsAlpine Linux 3.232 recordsDebian 12 (Bookworm)2 recordsDebian 13 (Trixie)2 recordsFedora 431 recordsFedora 441 records
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Project identity

Project
doas
Publisher
Not authoritatively mapped
Native package records
12
Operating systems
alpine-linux-3-21, alpine-linux-3-22, alpine-linux-3-23, debian-12, debian-13, fedora-43, fedora-44
License expression
ISC
Metadata completeness
70/100 (not a software quality rating)
Homepage
Visit upstream site
Source repository
Open source repository

Source-reported description

The fullest retained description is shown with its source. Distribution packaging descriptions may include downstream details.

doas is a minimal replacement for the venerable sudo. It was initially written by Ted Unangst of the OpenBSD project to provide 95% of the features of sudo with a fraction of the codebase.

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Packages by operating system

Compare recorded versions, then open a package for dependency, file, checksum, and repository evidence. Version strings are distribution-specific, not a ranking of newer software.

Alpine Linux 3.21

  1. doas

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source doas

    6.8.2-r8

    OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool

    aarch64x86_64v3.21
  2. doas-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.21 / source doas

    6.8.2-r8

    OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.21

Alpine Linux 3.22

  1. doas

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source doas

    6.8.2-r8

    OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool

    aarch64x86_64v3.22
  2. doas-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.22 / source doas

    6.8.2-r8

    OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.22

Alpine Linux 3.23

  1. doas

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source doas

    6.8.2-r8

    OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool

    aarch64x86_64v3.23
  2. doas-doc

    Alpine Linux 3.23 / source doas

    6.8.2-r8

    OpenBSD's temporary privilege escalation tool (documentation)

    aarch64x86_64v3.23

Debian 12 (Bookworm)

  1. doas

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / admin / source opendoas

    6.8.2-1

    transitional package

    amd64arm64bookworm
  2. opendoas

    Debian 12 (Bookworm) / admin

    6.8.2-1

    minimal replacement for sudo, with persist support

    amd64arm64bookworm

Debian 13 (Trixie)

  1. doas

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / admin / source opendoas

    6.8.2-1+b1

    transitional package

    amd64arm64trixie
  2. opendoas

    Debian 13 (Trixie) / admin / source opendoas

    6.8.2-1+b1

    minimal replacement for sudo, with persist support

    amd64arm64trixie

Fedora 43

  1. opendoas

    Fedora 43 / Unspecified / source opendoas

    6.8.2-9.fc43

    Portable fork of the OpenBSDs doas command

    aarch64x86_6443

Fedora 44

  1. opendoas

    Fedora 44 / Unspecified / source opendoas

    6.8.2-10.fc44

    Portable fork of the OpenBSDs doas command

    aarch64x86_6444

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