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snippit to help with scripts that should be run as root
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scrit-as-root.sh
#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ $SUDO_USER ]; then
realUser=$SUDO_USER
else
realUser=$(whoami)
fi
realUserHome=$(bash -c "cd ~$(printf %q "$realUser") && pwd")
[ "$(id -u)" == 0 ] || exec sudo -E bash "$0" "$@"
! type sudo > /dev/null 2>&1 && apt install sudo && usermod -aG sudo "$(whoami)"
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