Welcome to the repository for Sudo for Windows 🥪. Sudo
for Windows allows users to run elevated commands directly from unelevated
terminal windows.
The “Inbox” version of sudo is available for Windows 11 builds 26045 and later. If you’re on an Insiders
build with sudo, you can enable it in the Windows Settings app, on the
“Developer Features” page.
Here you can report issues and file feature requests.
Relationship to sudo on Unix/Linux
Everything about permissions and the command line experience is
different between Windows and Linux. This project is not a fork of the Unix/Linux
sudo project, nor is it a port of that sudo project. Instead, Sudo for
Windows is a Windows-specific implementation of the sudo concept.
As the two are entirely different applications, you’ll find that certain
elements of the traditional sudo experience are not present in Sudo for Windows, and
vice versa. Scripts and documentation that are written for sudo may not
be able to be used directly with Sudo for Windows without some modification.
Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how to contribute to this project.
sudo.ps1
In the meantime, you can contribute to the sudo.ps1 script. This script is
meant to be a helper wrapper around sudo.exe that provides a more
user-friendly experience for using sudo from PowerShell. This script is located
in the scripts/ directory.
Communicating with the Team
The easiest way to communicate with the team is via GitHub issues.
Please file new issues, feature requests and suggestions, but DO search for
similar open/closed preexisting issues before creating a new issue.
If you would like to ask a question that you feel doesn’t warrant an issue
(yet), try a discussion thread. Those are especially helpful for question &
answer threads. Otherwise, you can reach out to us via your social media
platform of choice:
Sudo for Windows
Welcome to the repository for Sudo for Windows 🥪. Sudo for Windows allows users to run elevated commands directly from unelevated terminal windows.
The “Inbox” version of sudo is available for Windows 11 builds 26045 and later. If you’re on an Insiders build with sudo, you can enable it in the Windows Settings app, on the “Developer Features” page.
Here you can report issues and file feature requests.
Relationship to
sudo
on Unix/LinuxEverything about permissions and the command line experience is different between Windows and Linux. This project is not a fork of the Unix/Linux
sudo
project, nor is it a port of thatsudo
project. Instead, Sudo for Windows is a Windows-specific implementation of thesudo
concept.As the two are entirely different applications, you’ll find that certain elements of the traditional
sudo
experience are not present in Sudo for Windows, and vice versa. Scripts and documentation that are written forsudo
may not be able to be used directly with Sudo for Windows without some modification.Documentation
All project documentation is located at aka.ms/sudo-docs. If you would like to contribute to the documentation, please submit a pull request on the Sudo for Windows Documentation repo.
Contributing
Check out CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how to contribute to this project.
sudo.ps1
In the meantime, you can contribute to the
sudo.ps1
script. This script is meant to be a helper wrapper aroundsudo.exe
that provides a more user-friendly experience for using sudo from PowerShell. This script is located in thescripts/
directory.Communicating with the Team
The easiest way to communicate with the team is via GitHub issues.
Please file new issues, feature requests and suggestions, but DO search for similar open/closed preexisting issues before creating a new issue.
If you would like to ask a question that you feel doesn’t warrant an issue (yet), try a discussion thread. Those are especially helpful for question & answer threads. Otherwise, you can reach out to us via your social media platform of choice:
Code of Conduct
This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.