NAME asroot - run a process as the root user SYNOPSIS asroot [-e] command [argument] ... DESCRIPTION The asroot utility asks for the user's password and runs the specified command with sanitised and updated environment variables. Only users in the wheel group are allowed to run the asroot utility, unless it is installed with non-standard permissions. OPTIONS The asroot utility conforms to the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2017, Section 12.2, Utility Syntax Guidelines. The following option is supported: -e Keep the environment variables as is. Neither sanitise nor update them. OPERANDS The following operands are supported: command The command that shall be run with as the root user. This will be both the process image and the process's zeroth command line argument. argument ... Command line arguments for the command to run. SEE ALSO editasroot(8), sudo(8), doas(1), su(1)