Why does user run application as a root user though it executes using sudo?
Issue
- Sudo has been configured so that a user can start a script as another user (wasadmin) but it runs as root. Is that to be expected?
root 29237 28464 0 May04 pts/2 00:00:00 sudo -u wasadmin opt/web/run_task_manager.sh
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2
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