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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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[–] PodPerson@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since when did DOS have any system level permissions? Maybe something after version 6 but I thought literally anyone could run anything at any time. Was a loooooooooong time ago though so I’m probably wrong.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago

It doesn't, pretty sure the repo is a joke. Their code doesn't do anything special, just runs the program you give it.