Self-elevating a script to root permissions (Preston Hunt)

Self-elevating a script to root permissions

Trick to elevate a script to root permissions

FeedbackBy Preston Hunt, 05 November 2011

I don't know why it took me so long to figure this out, but here is a nice little recipe for elevating a script to root permissions from inside the script.

#!/bin/bash

if (( UID != 0 )); then echo Re-running as root exec sudo bash $0 $* fi

echo Script is running as root echo Here are my arguments $* id

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