On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 11:23:43 +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote:
> When I run the 'id' command it returns uid=1002. But after sudo'ing to
> root, the id command returns uid=0(root). How would I find the user's
> original id before they sudo'd to root?
sudo sets both real and effective id to root, so id can't tell you the
original id. Try logname - it'll give you the user's login name (not
id), but it might only work for interactive shells.
Cheers,
John
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