CLI Overview

Since we decided we don't need to be a perfect, in-place replacement for sudo, we should consider removing some of the CLI options that we added. I'm opening this issue to keep track of this discussion.

Already implemented

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• -h, --help

• -u user, --user=user

• -g group, --group=group

• -V, --version

• -D directory, --chdir=directory

• -i, --login (CC #225)

• -s, --shell

• -S, --stdin (PR #224 )

• -n, --non-interactive

• -k, --reset-timestamp

• -K, --remove-timestamp

• -v, --validate (always asking for password) (CC #395)

• -p prompt, --prompt=prompt

• -v, --validate (optionally asking for password) (CC #439)

• -l, --list (CC #658)

• -U user, --other-user=user (together with -l)

• env variable declarations (CC #917, #932)

• --preserve-env=list

• -B, --bell (CC #1028)

• -e, --edit (CC #762)

• -b, --background (CC #1395)

Doubtful

• -P, --preserve-groups
• -C num, --close-from=num
• -T timeout, --command-timeout=timeout
• -H, --set-home

Highly doubtful

• -E, --preserve-env
• -h host, --host=host

Review the CLI option handling for the doubtful and highly doubtful options listed in the issue, beginning with --preserve-groups, --close-from, --command-timeout, --set-home, --preserve-env, and --host. The issue is currently a discussion tracker, so a maintainer decision is needed before a newcomer can identify the options to remove and the tests or behavior that define done.