Bug 723

Summary:	other account name for uid=0
Product:	Sudo	Reporter:	Konstantin <oks-mgn>
Component:	Sudo	Assignee:	Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	oks-mgn
Priority:	low
Version:	1.8.12
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Linux

Description Konstantin 2015-10-18 13:32:08 MDT

I have other account name for user with uid=0, not "root".
But this name is hardly encoded into source.
I think, it is in file testsudoers.c. There is line:
user_name = argc ? *argv++ : "root";

Other programs, ex. "su", work correctly with other than "root" account name. They check for uid=0, not literal name.

Can You, please, add to "sudo" ability to automatically find literal user name with uid=0.