sudo-rs is poised to take over. Here's what you should know about sudo-rs as a sudo user.

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Ubuntu 25.10 will replace the traditional sudo command with sudo-rs, a Rust-based implementation that offers better memory safety and modern codebase maintenance. For regular users, the change is transparent - you'll still type 'sudo' but it runs sudo-rs underneath. System administrators should be aware that some advanced features like sendmail support and wildcards in sudoers files are not supported. The original sudo remains available as 'sudo-ws' and can be set as default using update-alternatives until Ubuntu 26.10.

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<p>“better memory safety and modern codebase maintenance” but none of the battle testing that sudo has</p>
