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.Dd $Mdocdate: September 4 2016 $
.Dt DOAS 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm doas
.Nd execute commands as another user
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm doas
.Op Fl Lns
.Op Fl a Ar style
.Op Fl C Ar config
.Op Fl u Ar user
.Ar command
.Op Ar args
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility executes the given command as another user.
The
.Ar command
argument is mandatory unless
.Fl C ,
.Fl L ,
or
.Fl s
is specified.
.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width tenletters
.It Fl a Ar style
Use the specified authentication style when validating the user,
as allowed by
.Pa /etc/login.conf .
A list of doas-specific authentication methods may be configured by adding an
.Sq auth-doas
entry in
.Xr login.conf 5 .
.It Fl C Ar config
Parse and check the configuration file
.Ar config ,
then exit.
If
.Ar command
is supplied,
.Nm
will also perform command matching.
In the latter case
either
.Sq permit ,
.Sq permit nopass
or
.Sq deny
will be printed on standard output, depending on command
matching results.
No command is executed.
.It Fl L
Clear any persisted authorizations from previous invocations,
then immediately exit.
No command is executed.
.It Fl n
Non interactive mode, fail if
.Nm
would prompt for password.
.It Fl s
Execute the shell from
.Ev SHELL
or
.Pa /etc/passwd .
.It Fl u Ar user
Execute the command as
.Ar user .
The default is root.
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std doas
It may fail for one of the following reasons:
.Pp
.Bl -bullet -compact
.It
The config file
.Pa /etc/doas.conf
could not be parsed.
.It
The user attempted to run a command which is not permitted.
.It
The password was incorrect.
.It
The specified command was not found or is not executable.
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr su 1 ,
.Xr doas.conf 5
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
command first appeared in
.Ox 5.8 .
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Ted Unangst Aq Mt tedu@openbsd.org