When running a script via sudo or su I want to get the original user. This should happen regardless of multiple sudo or su runs inside of each other and specifically sudo su -.
Results:
Use who am i | awk '{print $1}' OR logname as no other methods are guaranteed.
Logged in as self:
evan> echo $USER
evan
evan> echo $SUDO_USER
evan> echo $LOGNAME
evan
evan> whoami
evan
evan> who am i | awk '{print $1}'
evan
evan> logname
evan
evan>
Normal sudo:
evan> sudo -s
root> echo $USER
root
root> echo $SUDO_USER
evan
root> echo $LOGNAME
root
root> whoami
root
root> who am i | awk '{print $1}'
evan
root> logname
evan
root>
sudo su - :
evan> sudo su -
[root ]# echo $USER
root
[root ]# echo $SUDO_USER
[root ]# echo $LOGNAME
root
[root ]# whoami
root
[root ]# who am i | awk '{print $1}'
evan
[root ]# logname
evan
[root ]#
sudo su -; su tom :
evan> sudo su -
[root ]# su tom
tom$ echo $USER
tom
tom$ echo $SUDO_USER
tom$ echo $LOGNAME
tom
tom$ whoami
tom
tom$ who am i | awk '{print $1}'
evan
tom$ logname
evan
tom$