A simple and minimal implementation of a privelage escalation tool similar to `sudo`, `su` or `doas`.

Examples

# run  a shell as root user
suwu --shell
# run  a shell as a specific user
suwu --shell --user=$USER
# run  a shell as a specific group
suwu --shell --group=$GROUP_NAME
# preserve the environment of the current shell
suwu -E -- ls -lah /
# pass environment variables to the following command
suwu --env TERM=xterm --env MY_SECRET=xyz123 --user=nobody /bin/bash
# change directory for command
suwu --chdir / --shell
# terminate flag parsing with a double-dash
suwu -E -- ls -1 | xargs echo

Installation

• Using just with Go, install instructions here:

just

• Using the bash script (requires go)

./build.sh

or grab a binary from releases

Todo

• add credential caching
• add a config file
• use pinentry or zenity as a GUI option to enter password
• be cross-platform (Linux/Windows/Mac/BSD)
• honor the sudoers file or a similar version of that file