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

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* On 2023 26 Aug 11:10 -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 10:57 Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> 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.
> 
> ...
> 
> > In fact, I suspect "I need to know if the cwd is /root" is STILL an X-Y
> > problem.  It's sounding like "I need to ensure my script's working
> > directory is /foo".  If that's truly the case, just do "cd /foo || exit"
> > at the top of the script.
> 
> ...
> 
> Excellent mind-reading, Greg! So to use your line I will put in that dir:
> 
>     "cd /required-dir || exit"

In such cases I prefer specifying the complete paths in the script so as
not to get lost.  If the script needs to work in a specific directory of
root I'll put:

	cd /root/dir/dir1

or something like:

	cd /home/username/dir

and so on (adding whatever error recovery is needed).

If I need to source a file I just type in the complete path name.  It's
a one time bother and the executing shell doesn't care and as the script
gets more complex it's much easier to keep one's bearings on where the
script is working at various points.

As I see it, relative paths are more for interactive shell use.

- Nate

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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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