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Open Source Alternatives to doas

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What is doas?

doas is a command-line utility for executing commands as another user, primarily used on OpenBSD systems as a simpler alternative to sudo. It provides privilege escalation with a minimal configuration.. There are currently 2 open-source alternatives to doas, with a combined total of 336 GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Rust.

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RootAsRole
RootAsRoleLeChatP/RootAsRole

A Linux/Unix privilege delegation tool using Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to grant precise capabilities instead of full root access.

32410Rust
13 days ago
adage
adageatalii/adage

A nimble alternative to doas and sudo for privilege escalation, designed to be simple, safe, and secure.

120Ada
1 year ago
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