[sudo-users] Programmatically check whether a user has sudo access at all

[R. Diez]

Hi all:

I wrote a little guide on how to sandbox Skype:

http://rdiez.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Linux_Ramblings#Sandboxing_Skype

Now I want to write a script to automate the launching part of it. This 
script should check whether skypeuser has as little privileges as possible.

One of the things I wanted to check is whether skypeuser can access sudo 
at all. However, there seems to be no script-friendly way to check that. 
Or is there?

Some options I found on the Internet require entering a password. Others 
are about parsing sudo's text output. I thought about checking 
membership of the "sudo" group, but that group is called "wheel" on some 
systems.

Thanks in advance,
   rdiez