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I got a script rquiringrequiring sudo, but the script must set parameters according to the original user, such as:

chown "${USER}:${USER}" dir

chown "${USER}:${USER}" dir

If I set it under sudo, I just end up with "chmod root:root"chmod root:root, which doesn't help.

HowSo how can I do that get the user name before sudo?

I got a script rquiring sudo, but the script must set parameters according to the original user, such as:

chown "${USER}:${USER}" dir

If I set it under sudo, I just end up with "chmod root:root", which doesn't help.

How can I do that ?

I got a script requiring sudo, but the script must set parameters according to the original user, such as:

chown "${USER}:${USER}" dir

If I set it under sudo, I just end up with chmod root:root, which doesn't help.

So how can I get the user name before sudo?

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asked Nov 30, 2009 at 13:34

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User name before sudo

I got a script rquiring sudo, but the script must set parameters according to the original user, such as:

chown "${USER}:${USER}" dir

If I set it under sudo, I just end up with "chmod root:root", which doesn't help.

How can I do that ?

bash sudo user-accounts