[sudo-users] Sudo and Solaris

[Wesley Schwengle]

Hello to all,

I have a question regarding sudo and Solaris and Linux.

If I do the following on a Linux machine I have the $USER environment variable:

echo $USER
wesleys

If I sudo to root I still have the $USER variable:

sudo zsh
echo $USER
root

If I then su to my own user the $USER entry is correct again:

su - wesleys
echo $USER
wesleys

If I do the same on a Solaris box the $USER var disappears:

echo $USER
wesleys

sudo zsh
echo $USER
root

su - bull
echo $USER
<empty line>

Can someone explain to my why this is happening and how I can solve this
problem?

Cheers,
Wesley

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