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List:       kde-mac
Subject:    Re: [KDE/Mac] KDE4 and D-BUS
From:       Julian Mehnle <julian () mehnle ! net>
Date:       2009-02-07 15:06:16
Message-ID: 200902071506.16580.julian () mehnle ! net
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O wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Julian Mehnle <julian@mehnle.net> wrote:
> > `man sudo`:
> > | ENVIRONMENT
> > |       sudo utilizes the following environment variables:
> > |
> > |       [...]
> > |
> > |       SUDO_USER       Set to the login of the user who invoked sudo
> > |
> > |       SUDO_UID        Set to the uid of the user who invoked sudo
> > |
> > |       SUDO_GID        Set to the gid of the user who invoked sudo
> > |
> > |       [...]
>
> O wrote:
> > > If you can figure out how to get sudo to run commands as the local
> > > user, I can figure out the rest.

Oh, come on!

  $ sudo -s  # AKA `sudo port ...`
  # su -f $SUDO_USER -c whoami
  julian
  # sudo -H -u $SUDO_USER whoami
  julian

But if "the local user"'s home dir needs to be manipulated, then probably 
_every_ local user's home dir needs to be, not just that of the user who 
ran `port`.

-Julian

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