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PLEASE(1)							     PLEASE(1)

NAME
       please -	execute	a command as root

SYNOPSIS
       please <command>
       please -

DESCRIPTION
       Please aims to be little	sudo without bells and whistles.  Only pam au-
       thentication and	executing command.

       Name  please  fits  into	unix naming conventions.  Where	we have	daemon
       instead of background process.  We are killing processes,  not  closing
       processes.  Now we can please to	run privileged process.

EXIT VALUE
       Upon  successful	 execution  of	a program, the exit status will	be the
       exit status of the program that was executed.

       Otherwise, please exits with non-zero value.

FILES
       /etc/pam.d/please or /usr/local/etc/pam.d/please	    PAM	 configuration
       for please.

EXAMPLES
       Reboot system by	unprivileged user:

	 $ please reboot

       To get a	file listing of	an unreadable directory:

	 $ please ls /usr/local/protected

       Run a root shell:

	 $ please -

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