"sudoer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sudoers [plural]
Etymology: sudo + -er. From sudo (“superuser do, substitute user do”), the name of a command that runs programs as another user. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||er}} + -er, {{m|en|sudo|t=superuser do, substitute user do}} sudo (“superuser do, substitute user do”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sudoer (plural sudoers)
  1. (computing, Unix) A user who is permitted to run programs with the security privileges of another user without explicitly specifying a password. Wikipedia link: sudo Tags: Unix Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: do, -er, substitute, super-, superuser, user Translations (Translations): sudoer [masculine] (French)

Inflected forms

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