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Presenting: SUDO for DOS (codeberg.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by sjmulder to c/retrocomputing

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An implementation of sudo for DOS, to run the given command with full privileges. It can be used to edit important system files, run disk partitioning tools, and so on!

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[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sure, but anyone can sit at that computer. Talking from experience as the kid that used my parents computer running DOS, I could freely edit config.sys and autoexec.bat to the annoyance of my parents.
With SUDO for DOS I can imagine only those authorized will be able to edit important system files.
I don't imagine many people are running DOS on the family computer anymore, but still useful.