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Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo

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Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo

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Rust@programming.dev · 23 days ago

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Ubuntu 25.10 will replace the sudo command with sudo-rs, a new Rust rewrite designed to improve memory safety and security. What does this mean for users?

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Ah, makes sense. It’s easy enough to duplicate the outer ENV for the sub-process, but I don’t know what that means for security and whatnot.

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