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A Python function that sets the user of itself if run with `sudo` to the user who used `sudo`
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demotetocaller.py
import os
import pwd
def demote_to_caller():
if os.geteuid() == 0:
d = pwd.getpwnam(os.environ["SUDO_USER"])
os.setgid(d.pw_gid)
os.setuid(d.pw_uid)
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