Remove dependency on sudo? #347

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adam · 2025-12-29T01:23:29+01:00

adam commented

2025-12-29 01:23:29 +01:00

Originally created by @tovine on GitHub (May 16, 2018).

I noticed that dehydrated refuses to run without sudo installed if DEHYDRATED_USER is set - why is that?
The same feature (restarting the script as a different user) is also perfectly doable using the su command: su $DEHYDRATED_USER -s /bin/bash -c "${0} ${ORIGARGS}"; the only difference I can see immediately is the option to explicitly specify the group to run as.

While sudo may be more feature-complete in some respects, su is "guaranteed" to be present in mostly any system you would run on and IMO should at least be provided as a fallback if sudo is not found.

I can probably make a PR for it if you want me to.

Originally created by @tovine on GitHub (May 16, 2018). I noticed that dehydrated refuses to run without `sudo` installed if `DEHYDRATED_USER` is set - why is that? The same feature (restarting the script as a different user) is also perfectly doable using the `su` command: `su $DEHYDRATED_USER -s /bin/bash -c "${0} ${ORIGARGS}"`; the only difference I can see immediately is the option to explicitly specify the group to run as. While `sudo` may be more feature-complete in some respects, `su` is "guaranteed" to be present in mostly any system you would run on and IMO should at least be provided as a fallback if `sudo` is not found. I can probably make a PR for it if you want me to.

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2025-12-29 01:23:30 +01:00

@lukas2511 commented on GitHub (May 22, 2018):

Using sudo does allow for a user switch without the need for a password (if configured). Also the group option might be needed by some people. Nobody forces you to use the dehydrated integrated sudo operation, you could always just use su yourself.

@lukas2511 commented on GitHub (May 22, 2018): Using sudo does allow for a user switch without the need for a password (if configured). Also the group option might be needed by some people. Nobody forces you to use the dehydrated integrated sudo operation, you could always just use `su` yourself.

adam commented

2025-12-29 01:23:30 +01:00

@Mischelle89 commented on GitHub (May 22, 2018):

go
Using sudo does allow for a user switch without the need for a password (if configured). Also the group option might be needed by some people. Nobody forces you to use the dehydrated integrated sudo operation, you could always just use su yourself.

@Mischelle89 commented on GitHub (May 22, 2018): go Using sudo does allow for a user switch without the need for a password (if configured). Also the group option might be needed by some people. Nobody forces you to use the dehydrated integrated sudo operation, you could always just use su yourself.

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Reference: starred/dehydrated#347