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Ubuntu 25.10 Switches to Rust-based Sudo (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Sure. I guess it would depend on how complex that is, but surely the sudo command already does validations, so it would just need to have the editor write to a temporary file (which is a copy of the official one) and write once it's validated, right?

It sounds doable in a few months.

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