Bug 293535

Summary: mdo(1) not documented at all while doas(1) or sudo(8) are
Product: Documentation Reporter: Slawomir Wojciech Wojtczak <vermaden>
Component: Books & ArticlesAssignee: freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status: New ---    
Severity: Affects Some People    
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Version: Latest   
Hardware: Any   
OS: Any   

Description Slawomir Wojciech Wojtczak 2026-03-01 21:44:33 UTC
Hi,

FreeBSD has a native mdo(1) tool with macdo(4) module to do mostly the same as doas(1) or sudo(8) offers. Yet doas(1) and sudo(8) are documented on FreeBSD Handbook and mdo(1) is not.

- https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/security/#security-sudo
- https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/security/#security-doas

I just wrote an article that also covers mdo(1) here:

- https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/03/01/uplift-privileges-on-freebsd/

Its FreeBSD licensed - pick anything you like from it to fill the FreeBSD Handbook with needed mdo(1) information.

Thanks,
vermaden