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m moved into Category:Applications. Its an application to run other applications with elevated rights.
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doas doas] is a utility to execute commands as a different user, typically the super user. It is often installed as a replacement for sudo, due to its ease of configuration and greater simplicity.
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doas doas] is a utility to execute commands as a different user, typically the super user. It is often installed as a replacement for sudo, due to its ease of configuration and greater simplicity.
It is not recommended to use doas due to compatibility issues with sudo.
Flake based configurations require git to be installed as a system package in order to rebuild.


== Configuration ==
== Configuration ==
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   # e.g. retains your NIX_PATH when applying your config
   # e.g. retains your NIX_PATH when applying your config
   keepEnv = true;  
   keepEnv = true;  
   persist = true;  # Optional, only require password verification a single time
   persist = true;  # Optional, don't ask for the password for some time, after a successfully authentication
}];
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