# we get a -l USER option, we try to use "sudo -u USER" to run the
# command.
+user=''
prefix=''
-
-cd # Default path is home dir, just like ssh.
+do_cd=y # Default path is user's home dir, just like ssh.
while : ; do
case "$1" in
- -l) shift ; prefix="sudo -u $1"; shift ;;
- -l*) prefix=`echo $1 | sed 's/-l/sudo -u /'`; shift ;;
+ -l) user="$2"; shift; shift ;;
+ -l*) user=`echo $1 | sed 's/^-l//'`; shift ;;
+ --no-cd) do_cd=n; shift ;;
-*) shift ;;
localhost) shift; break ;;
- *) exit 1 ;;
+ *) echo "lsh: unable to connect to host $1" 1>&2; exit 1 ;;
esac
done
+if [ "$user" ]; then
+ prefix="sudo -H -u $user"
+ 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
+ fi
+elif [ $do_cd = y ]; then
+ cd
+fi
+
eval $prefix "${@}"