Crate sudo

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crates.io docs.rs

Detect if you are running as root, restart self with sudo if needed or setup uid zero when running with the SUID flag set.

§Requirements

  • The sudo program is required to be installed and setup correctly on the target system.
  • Linux or Mac OS X tested
    • It should work on *BSD. However, it is not tested.

Enums§

  • RunningAs
    Cross platform representation of the state the current program running

Functions§

  • check
    Check getuid() and geteuid() to learn about the configuration this program is running under
  • escalate_if_needed
    Restart your program with sudo if the user is not privileged enough.
  • with_env
    Escalate privileges while maintaining RUST_BACKTRACE and selected environment variables (or none).