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--- sudoers.man.in 18 Apr 2009 18:37:33 -0500 1.77
+++ sudoers.man.in 30 Apr 2009 13:06:59 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996, 1998-2005, 2007-2008
+.\" Copyright (c) 1994-1996, 1998-2005, 2007-2009
.\" Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
.\"
.\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@
(and as what user) on specified hosts. By default, commands are
run as \fBroot\fR, but this can be changed on a per-command basis.
.PP
-Let's break that down into its constituent parts:
+The basic structure of a user specification is `who = where (as_whom)
+what'.Let's break that down into its constituent parts:
.Sh "Runas_Spec"
.IX Subsection "Runas_Spec"
A \f(CW\*(C`Runas_Spec\*(C'\fR determines the user and/or the group that a command
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