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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 11:56:27AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 10:49:45AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> > I would like to know whether 'sudo -i' or 'sudo -s' was used.
> 
> That's STILL an X-Y problem.
> 
> > The reason is
> > to know if the cwd is set to '/root' or '.' It's critical for the script
> > execution
> 
> Oh?  Then just look at the current working directory.  It's in the $PWD
> variable.

I guess it's better use the shell builtin pwd:

  PWD=/not/such/file/or/directory
  echo "cwd=" $(pwd) "PWD=" $PWD

(Note: your shell prompt might be a bit... messed up after
that)

> You don't actually need to know what was typed.

Yep, that was my hunch, too.

Cheers
-- 
t

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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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