Neowin News Feed for: Sudo

Raspberry Pi OS 6.2 locks down security with a major change to sudo access

Paul Hill — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 02:12:01 +0000

Is your Raspberry Pi truly secure? Version 6.2 flips the switch on a long-standing security hole, changing how you run every admin command. Here is why it matters. Read more...

AnduinOS 1.3.1 dropped this weekend, here's how to upgrade

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 May 2025 11:06:01 +0000

AnduinOS 1.3.1 came out over the weekend, but upgrading is not as straightforward as sudo apt upgrade. Read on to find out what to do. Read more...

Despite nothing official from Microsoft, Sudo already working on Windows 10 and Windows 7

Sayan Sen — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 16:08:02 +0000

Microsoft released Sudo for Windows recently to Insiders on the Windows 11 Dev and Canary channels. While the feature is supposed to work on 11, users have figured out it runs on Windows 10 and 7 too. Read more...

Microsoft confirms sudo is not coming to Windows Server

Taras Buria — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 12:02:01 +0000

Microsoft announced the sudo command for Windows 11 last week when it released build 26052 for Windows Insiders. Although it was also spotted in Server builds, sudo is not coming to Windows Server. Read more...

Windows 11 is getting the sudo command

Taras Buria — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 22:50:01 +0000

Windows 11 is getting sudo, a command Linux and macOS users know well and often use to execute a command with elevated privileges. Early sudo bits and pieces were spotted in the latest Server build. Read more...

Linux/Unix exploit allows some restricted commands to be run as root without clearance

Ather Fawaz — Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:54:01 +0000

A subset of users with sudo access could have run commands restricted to root users by leveraging a discovered exploit in a function return call that changes the user ID in Linux and Unix systems. Read more...