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diff --git a/usr.bin/sudo/HISTORY b/usr.bin/sudo/HISTORY index 5f315ce7c56..5c5ef67f43a 100644 --- a/usr.bin/sudo/HISTORY +++ b/usr.bin/sudo/HISTORY @@ -1,10 +1,11 @@ A Brief history of sudo(8): -The sudo philosophy originated at SUNY-Buffalo in the early 1980's. -The first version of sudo was written there by Cliff Spencer in -1983. An updated version, credited to Phil Betchel, Cliff Spencer, -Gretchen Phillips, John LoVerso and Don Gworek, was posted to the -net.sources newsgroup in December of 1985. +Sudo was first conceived and implemented by Bob Coggeshall and Cliff +Spencer around 1980 at the Department of Computer Science at +SUNY/Buffalo. It ran on a VAX-11/750 running 4.1BSD. An updated +version, credited to Phil Betchel, Cliff Spencer, Gretchen Phillips, +John LoVerso and Don Gworek, was posted to the net.sources newsgroup +in December of 1985. In the Summer of 1986, Garth Snyder released and enhanced version of sudo. For the next 5 years, sudo was fed and watered by a handful |