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).