I think this should work

sudo su - user


On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Vadim Zhukov <persg...@gmail.com> wrote:

> sudo -i ?
> 04.04.2014 14:31 ÐÏÌØÚÏ×ÁÔÅÌØ "Craig R. Skinner"
> <skin...@britvault.co.uk>
> ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > When sudo'ing to another user, how can I obtain all of their environment
> > settings as they receive when logging in themselves?
> >
> > When I use sudo in this manner, settings such as $PATH, $MAIL & umask
> > aren't being honoured:
> >
> >
> > $ echo $LOGNAME; echo $PATH; echo $MAIL; umask
> > craig
> >
> >
>
>
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/site/bin:/u
> sr/site/sbin:/home/craig/bin
> > /var/mail/craig
> > 027
> >
> >
> >
> > Here, $PATH, $MAIL & umask are unchanged:
> >
> > $ sudo -H -i -u david
> > $ echo $LOGNAME; echo $PATH; echo $MAIL; umask
> > david
> >
> >
>
>
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/site/bin:/u
> sr/site/sbin:/home/craig/bin
> > /var/mail/craig
> > 027
> >
> >
> > Compare the difference when logging in as that user:
> >
> > $ login david
> > ...
> > $ echo $LOGNAME; echo $PATH; echo $MAIL; umask
> > david
> > /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/site/bin:/home/david/bin
> > /var/mail/david
> > 022
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > /etc/login.conf:
> > default:\
> >         :passwordcheck=/usr/local/bin/pwqcheck -1:\
> >         :passwordtries=0:\
> >         :path=/usr/bin /bin /usr/local/bin /usr/site/bin ~/bin:\
> >         :umask=022:\
> >         :datasize-cur=....
> >
> > staff:\
> >         :path=/usr/bin /bin /usr/sbin /sbin /usr/local/bin
> /usr/local/sbin
> > /usr/site/bin /usr/site/sbin ~/bin:\
> >         :umask=027:\
> >         :datasize-cur=....
> >
> >
> > $ egrep 'env_|Defaults' /etc/sudoers | grep -v ^#
> > Defaults env_keep +="DESTDIR DISTDIR EDITOR FETCH_CMD FLAVOR FTPMODE
> GROUP
> > MAKE"
> > Defaults env_keep +="MAKECONF MULTI_PACKAGES NOMAN OKAY_FILES OWNER
> > PKG_CACHE"
> > Defaults env_keep +="PKG_DBDIR PKG_DESTDIR PKG_PATH PKG_TMPDIR PORTSDIR"
> > Defaults env_keep +="RELEASEDIR SHARED_ONLY SSH_AUTH_SOCK SUBPACKAGE
> > VISUAL"
> > Defaults env_keep +="WRKOBJDIR"
> > Defaults always_set_home, ignore_dot, use_loginclass
> >
> >
> >
> > login(1):
> >
> >      login enters information into the environment (see environ(7))
> > specifying
> >      the user's home directory (HOME), command interpreter (SHELL),
> search
> >      path (PATH), terminal type (TERM), and user name (both LOGNAME and
> > USER).
> >
> > ENVIRONMENT
> >      login sets the following environment variables:
> >
> >      HOME
> >      MAIL
> >
> > sudo(8):
> >
> >   Command Environment
> >      ......................  On BSD systems, if the use_loginclass option
> > is
> >      enabled, the environment is initialized based on the path and setenv
> >      settings in /etc/login.conf.  The new environment contains the TERM,
> >      PATH, HOME, MAIL, SHELL, LOGNAME, USER, USERNAME and SUDO_*
> variables
> > in
> >      addition to variables from the invoking process permitted by the
> >      env_check and env_keep options.  This is effectively a whitelist for
> >      environment variables.
> >
> >
> >
> > How can I become another user - without knowing their password,
> > and gain their 'natural' environment?
> >
> > e.g. from wheel group to a users group member.
> >
> > 'su -l username' & 'login username' require their password.
> >
> > I thought 'sudo -H -i -u username' would do it.
> >
> > Any suggestions on what else I need to configure?

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