mattn / sudo

sudo for windows

sudo

sudo for windows

Usage

C:\>sudo cmd /c dir

Then, you'll see the UAC dialog.

Tutorials

Display contents of file which can't access from you

sudo cmd /c type secret-file.txt > accessible-file.txt

Pipe from/to stream

echo 123 | sudo my-command.exe | more

Change IP address

sudo netsh interface ip add address "Local Area Connection" 33.33.33.33 255.255.255.255

Edit hosts file

sudo notepad c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Create admin's console

sudo

Installation

go install github.com/mattn/sudo@latest

requirement go1.8 or later.

Or download from release tab.

License

MIT

Author

Yasuhiro Matsumoto (a.k.a. mattn)

sudo's Issues

Final purpose of this project

Is the point of this project to create a full sudo like in linux, or juste to force an UAC prompt from a terminal for arbitrary commands ? (like elevate.exe ?)

sudo stop when executing powershell.exe

Environment

windows 8.1 x64, $PSVersionTable output is here

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      5.0.10586.117
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion                   10.0.10586.117
CLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion              3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1

Steps to reproduce

execute sudo.exe powershell in cmd.exe

Expected result

boot powershell prompt, and be able to execute command.

Actual result

freeze after displaying following message.

Windows PowerShell
Copyright (C) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

(additionally, sudo.exe powershell Get-ChildItem was worked expectedly.)

installation

how do i install this tool in windows

Publish to Chocolatey

It would be nice if this could be published to Chocolatey for easier installation and updating. Would there be any interest in supporting this?

Can't install

$ go get github.com/mattn/sudo
# github.com/mattn/sudo
C:\works\src\github.com\mattn\sudo\server.go:25: undefined: os.Executable

$ go version
go version go1.7.5 windows/amd64

I use windows 10

Release an executable file

For people that don't have go installed, it could be useful to generate an .exe file to download and include in path. GO to exe guide

two error

windows 10

1. sudo timeout 3 error: input redirect is not supported.
2. environment variable is not exported to sudo process, from my con ConEmu I have executed sudo su where 'su' is an alias of ConEmuC -c %ConEmuTask% -cur_console:ad:%CD%; the output is sudo: cannot execute command: su

x86 (Win32) build

Hi!
Could you please add a Win32 (x86) build to your 0.0.1 release?

I've been struggling to find a self-contained elevated command executor for Windows that pipes output correctly, and this looks like it does this, but you only have x86_64.

Edit: I've since installed Go and built my own, with go build -ldflags="-s -w" and then ran it through upx --brute sudo so that it's only 582kb, but it would still be nice for official builds to be available for others! 👍

Attachment - sudo.exe.zip

An error occurred executing the bat script！

If the exit code of the bat script is not 0, the sudo process does not exit

Add -u option to run as a different user (Enhancement Request)

Would it be possible to add a -u switch, so I can run a program as a different user?

Go really needed?

Do users really need Go installed? From what I've tinkered around with Go (and please correct me cause I could be very wrong) you can compile a binary.

Wouldn't it be easier to just release that binary?

For me right now, it seems like I need the SDK as a user, when I could go on with just a compiled binary :)

sudo.exe: cannot execute command: dir

Hi Mattn,

I am very intrested with this tool, then I pull it to my local WIndows 10x64 machine. But I got error which I mentioned in title.

Steps:
go version
go version go1.8.3 windows/amd64
go get github.com/mattn/sudo
sudo.exe dir
sudo.exe: cannot execute command: dir

Any proconditions should I do before use this tool?
Thanks in advance.

Sudo running CMD terminal, Chinese garbled code, error

触发条件：
sudo.exe cmd

sudo.exe -spawn cmd running the new CMD terminal will not cause problems, but it cannot meet the requirements

Listen on a random port

The port 8800 is hardcoded in the code. It should be possible to listen on a random, non-used port.

Elevate to NT Authority\SYSTEM

Would it be possible to have a switch to elevate to NT Authority\SYSTEM through psexec or similar tools? This privilege level is required for many things that Administrator cannot do, for example to install SSH hosts keys.