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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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[–] Scoopta@programming.dev 5 points 1 day ago

The interpreter is then executed in unprotected real mode for full privileges. Good thing I'm running sudo from real mode so it can elevate me to real mode