previous username after doing sudo -u sbsh

Question

I am using the system as "user1" and I sudo as different user say "sudo -u user2 sbsh" and the execute a perl script.

Is there a way to get the "user1" in the script I am running ?

I used ENV{'USER'}. but it is giving "user2". 'SUDO_USER' is also not working.

@BenjaminW. I tried that.. either getting root or user2 or nothing.. But not user1 — Vinu Shankar, Feb 09 '17 at 16:51

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 09 '17 at 17:26

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Try $ENV{'SUDO_USER'}.

Example:

$ sudo perl -E 'say for $ENV{USER}, $ENV{SUDO_USER}'

answered Feb 09 '17 at 17:26

dolmen

"user2" and " ". I am not getting "user1" at all – Vinu Shankar Feb 10 '17 at 05:49
My `sudo --version` says `1.8.16`. What says yours? – dolmen Feb 17 '17 at 23:32
1.8.6p7 is mine – Vinu Shankar Feb 18 '17 at 16:48

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