[SOLVED] How to configure $PATH for sudo

[idoitprone]

I have a custom script that needs to be run as root

I have put it in /usr/local/sbin

Where do I configure root's $PATH or make my custom $PATH system wide.

The script itself is not anything special

I just have light sensative eyes that force to wish that I had a very dim screen.

cat /usr/local/sbin/backlight 
#!/bin/sh
MAX=976
MIN=0
SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS=/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight/brightness
if test $# -gt 1;
   then
      echo "Usage: backlight [ARGS]" 1>&2
      echo "Arguments:"  1>&2
      echo "Number between $MIN and $MAX" 1>&2
      echo "Options:" 1>&2     
      echo "-h, --help    Print help message" 1>&2 
      exit 1
fi
if test $# -eq 0
   then
      cat "$SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS"
      exit 0
fi
if test $1 = '-h' -o '--help' = $1
   then
      echo "This number changes the screen bightness"
      echo "Usage: backlight NUMBER"
      echo "Number is between $MIN and $MAX"
fi
if test `whoami` != "root"
   then
      echo "You have to be root to perform this command" 1>&2
      exit 3
fi     
if test $1 -le $MIN -o $1 -gt $MAX;
   then
     echo "Numbers must be between $MIN and $MAX" 1>&2
     exit 2
fi
sh -c "echo $1 > "$SCREEN_BRIGHTNESS"

If I run it
I get

sudo: backlight: command not found

[scott32746]

Hello,

You can place the path in sudo

# visudo

all types of options best to read what you would like to use

[idoitprone]

Originally Posted by scott32746

Hello,

You can place the path in sudo

# visudo

all types of options best to read what you would like to use

thnks

I completely forgot about that command

[jpollard]

Note - I believe your script is insecure - $1 may have other special characters embedded that allow escapes from the script.

[idoitprone]

Originally Posted by jpollard

Note - I believe your script is insecure - $1 may have other special characters embedded that allow escapes from the script.

really oh

hmmmmm i was considering adding a test to see $1 was a number. Trying to understand all these special characters of bash is confusing.