05-15-2013
Preserving variable in script run with sudo
In a nutshell, I want $USER to reflect my user ID in a script run with sudo. I'm working with OSX in case that makes a difference.
If I 'sudo echo $USER', I get my user ID. But if I 'sudo myscript.sh' and myscript.sh has a line to echo $USER, I get 'root' I'm hoping there's a switch I can add to the shebang in the script to allow env variables to creep in.
I'm aware of 'sudo -E', but A) that doesn't work, as the script is still running in a new process spawned by root; and B) that wouldn't work as it would require someone running the script to know to use that switch.
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heimdal_debug
heimdal_debug(5) BSD File Formats Manual heimdal_debug(5)
NAME
heimdal_debug -- how to turn on/off debugging for Kerberos tools
DESCRIPTION
The heimdal_debug kerberos frameworks have several knobs for controlling logging. The different framework knobs are:
libkrb
The Kerberos library, some gss-api Kerberos output ends up here too
kcm the kcm library (credentials cache, ntlm client)
kdc the kerberos KDC output
digest-service
the digest service (ntlm server)
CONFIGURATION FILE
[logging]
<subsystem> = 0-/SYSLOG:
and watch syslog for logging information.
APPLE MAC OS X
First turn up syslog debugging
sudo syslog -c 0 -d
then you can see the syslog output in Console.app or by running
syslog -w -k org.h5l.asl
To enable more extensive debugging logging for each subsystem, use the following commands:
Kerberos Library
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos logging -dict-add krb5 '0-/OSLOG:normal:'
digest-server
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos logging -dict-add digest-service '0-/OSLOG:normal:'
kcm sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos logging -dict-add kcm '0-/OSLOG:normal:'
kdc sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos logging -dict-add kdc '0-/OSLOG:normal:'
MIT Kerberos Shim
defaults write com.apple.MITKerberosShim EnableDebugging -bool true
GSS-API framework logging
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.GSS DebugLevel -int 10
Other options on Mac OS X
Make the admin API pretend to the server even on client
sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.Kerberos ForceHeimODServerMode -bool true
SEE ALSO
gss(5), kerberos(8)
HEIMDAL
Sep 30, 2011 HEIMDAL