# command.
user=''
-prefix=''
do_cd=y # Default path is user's home dir, just like ssh.
while : ; do
case "$1" in
-l) user="$2"; shift; shift ;;
- -l*) user=`echo $1 | sed 's/^-l//'`; shift ;;
+ -l*) user=`echo "$1" | sed 's/^-l//'`; shift ;;
--no-cd) do_cd=n; shift ;;
-*) shift ;;
localhost) shift; break ;;
done
if [ "$user" ]; then
- prefix="sudo -H -u $user"
+ prefix=''
if [ $do_cd = y ]; then
- home=`perl -e "print((getpwnam("$user"))[7])"`
- # Yeah, this may fail, but attempts to get sudo to cd are harder.
- cd $home
+ home=`perl -e "print((getpwnam('$user'))[7])"`
+ prefix="cd '$home' &&"
fi
-elif [ $do_cd = y ]; then
- cd
+ sudo -H -u "$user" sh -c "$prefix $*"
+else
+ if [ $do_cd = y ]; then
+ cd || exit 1
+ fi
+ eval "${@}"
fi
-
-eval $prefix "${@}"