bionic (1) viewsudo.1.gz

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NAME
       viewsudo - execute a command as another (virtual) user


SYNOPSIS
       viewsudo [-g groupname|#gid] [-u username|#uid] command


DESCRIPTION
       viewsudo allows a user to execute a command as the superuser or
              another user in View-OS.


OPTIONS
       viewsudo accepts the following command line options:

       -g group
           Normally,  viewsudo  sets  the primary group to root.  The -g option causes sudo to run the specified
           command with the primary group set to group.  To specify a gid instead of a  group  name,  use  #gid.
           When  running  commands  as  a  gid,  many  shells  require  that the ’#’ be escaped with a backslash
           (’\[u2019]).  If no -u option is specified, the command will be run as the invoking user (not  root).
           In either case, the primary group will be set to group.

       -u user
           The  -u  option causes viewsudo to run the specified command as a user other than root.  To specify a
           uid instead of a user name, use #uid.  When running commands as a uid, many shells require  that  the
           ’#’ be escaped with a backslash (’\[u2019]).


RETURN VALUES
       Upon  successful  execution of a program, the exit status from viewsudo will simply be the exit status of
       the program that was executed.


SEE ALSO
       viewsu(1), sudo(1), linux.defs(5)


AUTHORS
       View-OS is a project of the Computer Science Department, University of  Bologna.  Project  Leader:  Renzo
       Davoli.
       <http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/view-os>

       Howto's and further information can be found on the project wiki <wiki.virtualsquare.org>.


NOTE
       Most part of the text is taken from sudo(1).