ladybird/Base/usr/share/man/man8/pls.md
Andreas Kling 33f2eeea4a pls: Drastically simplify this program
Since this program is setuid-root, it should be as simple as possible.

To that end, remove `/etc/plsusers` and use filesystem permissions to
achieve the same thing. `/bin/pls` is now only executable by `root` or
members of the `wheel` group.

Also remove all the logic that went to great lengths to `unveil()` a
minimal set of filesystem paths that may be used for the command.
The complexity-to-benefit ratio did not seem justified, and I think
we're better off keeping this simple.

Finally, remove pledge promises the moment they are no longer needed.
2021-05-30 23:09:37 +02:00

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Name

pls - Execute a command as root

Synopsis

$ pls [command]

Description

Executes a command as superuser (UID and GID 0). This command is only available for users in the wheel group.

It is possible to execute commands that contain hyphenated options via the use of --, which signifies the end of command options. For example:

$ pls -- ls -la

Examples

$ pls whoami
Password:
root
$
$ pls sh
Password:
# whoami
root
#