On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 04:45:54PM +0200, DdB wrote: > Am 26.08.2023 um 16:25 schrieb Tom Browder: > > Is there a way to distinguish whether 'sudo -i' was used or not? > > > Sorry, i am not an expert on this. But ... since years i am using this > to check for it: > > > # if `echo $HOME` is not "/root" or the working dir (pwd) is not "/root", > > then this was not executed with "sudo -i" > > assert "echo $HOME" /root "nicht mit sudo -i aufgerufen" > > assert pwd /root "nicht mit sudo -i aufgerufen" > > hope, this will give you a clue ;-) > DdB
Unless, of course, the shell does "export HOME=/root" at some point after start. Or one of the other fifty-two ways to achieve that. That's why I think Roberto is right elsewhere in this thread. Basically it is not possible to find out, so it makes sense to think about the question "why do I need this?" to zoom into what the real problem is. Perhaps that one can be solved :-) Cheers -- t
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