Sudo, short for “Superuser do,” is a privilege elevation utility popular on Linux systems. It makes it easy for administrators and developers to quickly switch between admin and non-admin tasks. It can also be used to run commands as another user. Sudo for Windows is Microsoft’s sudo implementation.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Sudo allows you to prepend sudo to a command to run that command with administrative privileges. You return to a non-privileged prompt after the privileged command returns. This allows you to switch between privilege levels easily.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There are three main alternatives for executing commands with administrator privileges:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If they wish to enable sudo for windows, they can register as an insider<\/a> and then update their system<\/a> to at least Windows 11, build 26052.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n To activate Sudo for Windows, navigate to Settings -> System -> For developers<\/em>.<\/p>\n Toggle Enable Sudo On<\/strong>. Sudo for Windows offers three configurations: In a new window<\/strong>, Inline<\/strong>, and With input disabled<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/a> <\/p>\n To see Sudo in action on Windows, open up a terminal. Three configurations are available: forceNewWindow<\/em>, disableInput,<\/em> and normal<\/em>. In the Settings app, they correspond to In a new window<\/em>, With input disabled<\/em> and Inline<\/em>, respectively.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Every command run with sudo is executed in an elevated new window in this mode. You can check the currently active mode in the terminal with the sudo config<\/em> command.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n <\/pre>\n<\/p>\n Executing a command with sudo in a new window<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For example, running the netstat command with sudo opens a new window. Netstat, as shown below, lists all connections (a) with the processes that created them (b).<\/p>\n <\/pre>\n Before the elevated window opens, you must consent by selecting Yes <\/strong>at the User Account Control prompt.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Sudo triggers UAC<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Netstat runs in an elevated window, which closes automatically once execution is complete.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Executing a command with sudo in a new window<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Normal mode runs elevated commands in the same terminal window \u2014 like sudo<\/em> on Linux.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n You can manage Sudo\u2019s configuration through its config<\/em> subcommand. The following commands will put Sudo in normal<\/em> mode to run netstat<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n sudo netstat -ab<\/p> <\/pre>\n<\/p>\nHow to use Sudo for Windows<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
ForceNewWindow mode<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
sudo config<\/p>
sudo netstat -ab<\/p>
Normal mode<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
sudo sudo config --enable normal<\/p>