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

To: Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org>, debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Using the bash shell: determine if the root user used 'sudo -i'
From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2023 10:49:45 -0500
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On Sat, Aug 26, 2023 at 09:32 Roberto C. Sánchez <roberto@debian.org> wrote:

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?

I would like to know whether 'sudo -i' or 'sudo -s' was used. The reason is to know if the cwd is set to '/root' or '.' It's critical for the script execution

-Tom

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