elvish

Shell

This executable can spawn an interactive system shell.
  1. This function can be performed by any unprivileged user.
    elvish
    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 ....
    elvish
    This function is performed by the privileged user if the executable has the SUID bit set and the right ownership because the effective privileges are not dropped.
    elvish

File write

This executable can write data to local files.
  1. This function can be performed by any unprivileged user.
    elvish -c 'print DATA >/path/to/output-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 ....
    elvish -c 'print DATA >/path/to/output-file'
    This function is performed by the privileged user if the executable has the SUID bit set and the right ownership because the effective privileges are not dropped.
    elvish -c 'print DATA >/path/to/output-file'

File read

This executable can read data from local files.
  1. This function can be performed by any unprivileged user.
    elvish -c 'print (slurp </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 ....
    elvish -c 'print (slurp </path/to/input-file)'
    This function is performed by the privileged user if the executable has the SUID bit set and the right ownership because the effective privileges are not dropped.
    elvish -c 'print (slurp </path/to/input-file)'