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snippit to help with scripts that should be run as root
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| if [ $SUDO_USER ]; then | |
| realUser=$SUDO_USER | |
| else | |
| realUser=$(whoami) | |
| fi | |
| realUserHome=$(bash -c "cd ~$(printf %q "$realUser") && pwd") | |
| [ "$(id -u)" == 0 ] || exec sudo -E bash "$0" "$@" | |
| ! type sudo > /dev/null 2>&1 && apt install sudo && usermod -aG sudo "$(whoami)" |
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