What's new in Sudo for Windows (sudowin) 0.4.2-r208

Dec 28, 2011
  • New: sudowin can now launch applications based on their file types (e.g.,
  • sudo compmgmt.msc)
  • Change: no longer require user to be in Sudoers group to access Sudowin
  • service
  • Bugfix: configuration file is locked because xml reader is not closed for
  • invalid xml.
  • Bugfix: add support for quiet uninstall
  • Bugfix: catch exception when writing to event log
  • Bugfix: when enumerating user sessions, username comparison was case-
  • sensitive, so failed to find user if case was different. updated to case-
  • insensitive search

New in Sudo for Windows (sudowin) 0.4.1-r185 (Dec 28, 2011)

  • Update Sudo to support Vista UAC
  • Update GUI client to get correct user account picture on Vista
  • Bugfix: trap exceptions when looking up users and groups and give meaning error message
  • Add commandPath and commandArgument to Event Log entries
  • Bugfix: logic for using password passed in on the command line was wrong. It was always getting reset to "" even when not cached.
  • Update console client to support backspace key so users can correct their password as they type
  • Bugfix: fix setup to work on Vista with UAC