What does the -E in sudo -E do?
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I'm following the instructions in a tutorial and they say to do sudo -E foo. I cannot find what the -E does through a google search. What does it do and how I could have found that out without asking this question?
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I'm following the instructions in a tutorial and they say to do sudo -E foo. I cannot find what the -E does through a google search. What does it do and how I could have found that out without asking this question?
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I'm following the instructions in a tutorial and they say to do sudo -E foo. I cannot find what the -E does through a google search. What does it do and how I could have found that out without asking this question?
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I'm following the instructions in a tutorial and they say to do sudo -E foo. I cannot find what the -E does through a google search. What does it do and how I could have found that out without asking this question?
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user875234
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asked 2 hours ago
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asked 2 hours ago
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I asked exactly same question here few months ago unix.stackexchange.com/q/407697/255251
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I asked exactly same question here few months ago unix.stackexchange.com/q/407697/255251
– Debian_yadav
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I asked exactly same question here few months ago unix.stackexchange.com/q/407697/255251
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Check the manual: man sudo
-E - The -E (preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables. The security policy may return an error if the -E option is specified and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
There's also ExplainShell.com that tries to explain commands with man pages.
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How I could have found that out without asking this question?
Search the Linux manual pages or type man sudo in a Linux shell.
What does it do?
The
-E(preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy
that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables.
The security policy may return an error if the-Eoption is specified
and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
Source Sudo Manual
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2 Answers
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Check the manual: man sudo
-E - The -E (preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables. The security policy may return an error if the -E option is specified and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
There's also ExplainShell.com that tries to explain commands with man pages.
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Check the manual: man sudo
-E - The -E (preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables. The security policy may return an error if the -E option is specified and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
There's also ExplainShell.com that tries to explain commands with man pages.
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Check the manual: man sudo
-E - The -E (preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables. The security policy may return an error if the -E option is specified and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
There's also ExplainShell.com that tries to explain commands with man pages.
answered 2 hours ago
gronostaj
27.6k1368106
Check the manual: man sudo
-E - The -E (preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables. The security policy may return an error if the -E option is specified and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
There's also ExplainShell.com that tries to explain commands with man pages.
answered 2 hours ago
gronostaj
27.6k1368106
answered 2 hours ago
gronostaj
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answered 2 hours ago
gronostaj
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answered 2 hours ago
gronostaj
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How I could have found that out without asking this question?
Search the Linux manual pages or type man sudo in a Linux shell.
What does it do?
The
-E(preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy
that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables.
The security policy may return an error if the-Eoption is specified
and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
Source Sudo Manual
answered 2 hours ago
DavidPostill♦
101k25216252
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up vote
6
down vote
How I could have found that out without asking this question?
Search the Linux manual pages or type man sudo in a Linux shell.
What does it do?
The
-E(preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy
that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables.
The security policy may return an error if the-Eoption is specified
and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
Source Sudo Manual
answered 2 hours ago
DavidPostill♦
101k25216252
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up vote
6
down vote
up vote
6
down vote
How I could have found that out without asking this question?
Search the Linux manual pages or type man sudo in a Linux shell.
What does it do?
The
-E(preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy
that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables.
The security policy may return an error if the-Eoption is specified
and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
Source Sudo Manual
answered 2 hours ago
DavidPostill♦
101k25216252
How I could have found that out without asking this question?
Search the Linux manual pages or type man sudo in a Linux shell.
What does it do?
The
-E(preserve environment) option indicates to the security policy
that the user wishes to preserve their existing environment variables.
The security policy may return an error if the-Eoption is specified
and the user does not have permission to preserve the environment.
Source Sudo Manual
answered 2 hours ago
DavidPostill♦
101k25216252
answered 2 hours ago
DavidPostill♦
101k25216252
answered 2 hours ago
DavidPostill♦
101k25216252
answered 2 hours ago
DavidPostill♦
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101k25216252
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I asked exactly same question here few months ago unix.stackexchange.com/q/407697/255251
– Debian_yadav
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