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

[DdB <debianlist@potentially-spam.de-bruyn.de>]

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