isa/sudo
1
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull Requests Actions Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

added -s and -- flags

Browse Source 
added SHELL to ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES section
This commit is contained in:
Todd C. Miller
1995-09-01 02:42:45 +00:00
parent 30215484cb
commit 2cd2d10e2a
1 changed files with 15 additions and 1 deletions
Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

16
sudo.man
View File

@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ sudo \- execute a command as the superuser
| |
.B \-k .B \-k
| |
.B \-b .B \-s
| [ | [
.B \-b
]
[
.B \-p .B \-p
prompt ] prompt ]
.I command .I command
@@ -89,6 +92,16 @@ to run the given command in the background. Note that if you use the
.IP \-p .IP \-p
The \-p (prompt) option allows you to override the default password The \-p (prompt) option allows you to override the default password
prompt and use a custom one. prompt and use a custom one.
.IP \-s
The \-s (shell) option runs the shell specified by the
.I SHELL
environmental variable if it is set or the shell as specified in
.BR passwd (5).
.IP \-\-
The \-\- flag indicates that
.B sudo
should stop processing command line arguments. It is most useful
in conjunction with the -s flag.
.SH RETURN VALUES .SH RETURN VALUES
.B sudo .B sudo
quits with an exit value of 1 if there is a configuration/permission problem quits with an exit value of 1 if there is a configuration/permission problem
@@ -166,6 +179,7 @@ current_time + 2 * TIMEOUT.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES .SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.nf .nf
PATH Set to a sane value if SECURE_PATH is set PATH Set to a sane value if SECURE_PATH is set
SHELL Used to determine shell to run with \-s option
SUDO_COMMAND Set to the command run by sudo SUDO_COMMAND Set to the command run by sudo
SUDO_USER Set to the login of the user who invoked sudo SUDO_USER Set to the login of the user who invoked sudo
SUDO_UID Set to the uid of the user who invoked sudo SUDO_UID Set to the uid of the user who invoked sudo