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Can I make `sudo` follow my path via CLI?
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You can edit sudoers file and set secure_path to match your path. This is documented in Unix & Linux.
Is there a command line switch I can pass to sudo such that it uses the path I have set? For example:
rick@alien:~$ sudo echo $PATH
/home/rick/bin:/home/rick/.local/bin:/mnt/e/bin:/mnt/e/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@alien:~$ echo $PATH
/home/rick/bin:/home/rick/.local/bin:/mnt/e/bin:/mnt/e/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@alien:~$ sudo which auto-brightness-config
/usr/local/bin/auto-brightness-config
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@alien:~$ which auto-brightness-config
/mnt/e/usr/local/bin/auto-brightness-config
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
rick@alien:~$ sudo locate auto-brightness-config
/Desktop/Link to auto-brightness-config
/home/rick/Pictures/display-auto-brightness-config 1.png
/mnt/e/Desktop/Link to auto-brightness-config
/mnt/e/usr/local/bin/.auto-brightness-config
/mnt/e/usr/local/bin/Link to auto-brightness-config
/mnt/e/usr/local/bin/auto-brightness-config
/usr/local/bin/.auto-brightness-config
/usr/local/bin/Link to auto-brightness-config
/usr/local/bin/auto-brightness-config
When I run using sudo it is finding the wrong copy of the script in /usr/local/bin when I really want the version in /mnt/e/usr/local/bin .
If I don’t want to maintain the path in sudoers file, is there a switch I can pass to sudo to use my path to find the right command?