[clue] sudo and sudoers: force changing working directory
Sean LeBlanc
seanleblanc at comcast.net
Mon Oct 17 14:21:03 MDT 2011
So, I want to be able to have a certain user sudo to a specific user and
run a specific command.
Preferably, I'd like to NOT have to remember to change working directory
to the target user's home dir prior to running that specific command.
I have always_set_home in sudoers as the default, but setting home is
not enough - working directory has to be changed.
I thought I'd try out giving sudo the "-i" flag, but that then seems to
result in having to type in password, even though that is not desired
for this scenario.
Any ideas on how to achieve this?
right now, the command looks like this:
sudo -u targetuser "cd /home/targetuser; thecommand"
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