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 & Articles	Assignee:	freebsd-doc (Nobody) <doc>
Status:	New ---
Severity:	Affects Some People
Priority:	---
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