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.IX Title "SUDO @mansectsu@"
-.TH SUDO @mansectsu@ "December 3, 2007" "1.6.9p8" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
+.TH SUDO @mansectsu@ "January 14, 2008" "1.6.9p12" "MAINTENANCE COMMANDS"
.SH "NAME"
sudo, sudoedit \- execute a command as another user
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.el .IP "\f(CW%h\fR" 4
.IX Item "%h"
expanded to the local hostname without the domain name
+.ie n .IP "%p" 4
+.el .IP "\f(CW%p\fR" 4
+.IX Item "%p"
+expanded to the user whose password is being asked for (respects the
+\&\fIrootpw\fR, \fItargetpw\fR and \fIrunaspw\fR flags in \fIsudoers\fR)
.ie n .IP "%U" 4
.el .IP "\f(CW%U\fR" 4
.IX Item "%U"