[sudo-users] Pivot user for launching sqlplus

[Michael W. Lucas]

You might also check out env_file and restricted_env_file for nailing
environment variables in place.



On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 04:50:36PM +0200, Bram Mertens wrote:
> Also keep in mind that:
> Cmnd_Alias LOADPROFILE = /usr/bin/sh .profile
> 
> Allows the user to *execute*, not source the script.
> This will effectively mean that the user will start a subshell that
> will have the right values but those values won't persist in the
> user's environment.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Bram
> 
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 12:33 AM Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller at sudo.ws> wrote:
> >
> > Commands run by sudo won't have the shell startup files sourced.
> > That is something that only happens for a login shell.  You may be
> > able to achieve what you want by running:
> >
> >     sudo -u superora -i sqlplus
> >
> > which will wrap the command in a login shell.  This will
> > require that you allow the invoking user to run the target
> > user's shell, though.
> >
> > For example, assuming superora's shell is /bin/sh, this should work:
> >
> > User_Alias    SUPERORA = user1, user2
> > SUPERORA ALL=(superora) /bin/sh -c sqlplus, /bin/sh -c sqlplus *
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> >  - todd
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