Shell

This executable can spawn an interactive system shell.
  1. This function can be performed by any unprivileged user.
    echo 'execute_process(COMMAND /bin/sh)' >/path/to/CMakeLists.txt
    cmake /path/to/
    This function is performed by the privileged user if executed via sudo because the acquired privileges are not dropped.
    RemarksIf there are environment variables involved, they must be passed via sudo VAR=value ... or exported then sudo -E ....
    echo 'execute_process(COMMAND /bin/sh)' >/path/to/CMakeLists.txt
    cmake /path/to/

File read

This executable can read data from local files.
  1. This function can be performed by any unprivileged user.
    cmake -E cat /path/to/input-file
    This function is performed by the privileged user if executed via sudo because the acquired privileges are not dropped.
    RemarksIf there are environment variables involved, they must be passed via sudo VAR=value ... or exported then sudo -E ....
    cmake -E cat /path/to/input-file