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Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i'

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On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 09:25:10AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
>    In a previous thread it was shown how to detect a SUDO_USER in a bash
>    shell.
>    Is there a way to distinguish whether 'sudo -i' was used or not?
>    Thanks.
>    -Tom

The SUDO_COMMAND environment variable would report /bin/bash in that
instance. Would that be sufficient for your needs?

If not, then what exactly are you trying to accomplish? Please don't say
"I want to know if sudo -i was used" because we already know that. Why
is that a necessary piece of information in your use case? What will you
do with that information? What decision will you make? What action will
you take?

Regards,

-Roberto

-- 
Roberto C. Sánchez

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Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 16:30 +0200
  Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> - 2023-08-26 16:40 +0200
    Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 18:00 +0200
      Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-08-26 18:00 +0200
        Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 18:10 +0200
          Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Nate Bargmann <n0nb@n0nb.us> - 2023-08-26 19:20 +0200
          Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Karl Vogel <vogelke@pobox.com> - 2023-08-27 01:10 +0200
            Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-08-27 01:30 +0200
        Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-08-26 18:20 +0200
        Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-08-26 18:40 +0200
  Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Alain D D Williams <addw@phcomp.co.uk> - 2023-08-26 17:30 +0200
  Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-08-26 17:50 +0200
    Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2023-08-26 21:00 +0200
      Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i' tomas@tuxteam.de - 2023-08-26 21:20 +0200

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