VIEW-OS(1)

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 (’’). 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 (’’).

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).