pkexec-E

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# shellcheck enable=all disable=SC2250,SC2312

# pkexec-E - runs pkexec preserving the environment, mimicking sudo -E
#
# Copyright (C) 2021-2022 Maxim Biro <nurupo.contributions@gmail.com>
#
# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3,
# as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
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# along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

set -euo pipefail

declare -a VARS
for VAR in $(env | sed 's/=/\t/g' | awk '{ print $1 }' | tr '\n' ' '); do
  VARS+=("$VAR=${!VAR}")
done
exec pkexec env -u PKEXEC_UID "SUDO_USER=$USER" "SUDO_UID=$(id -u)" "SUDO_GID=$(id -g)" "${VARS[@]}" "/bin/sh" "-c" "exec "'$0 "$@"' "$@"