A bash script that provides sudo for Termux
Termux is a terminal emulator and Linux environment for Android
Note
termux-sudo was originally hosted on GitHub.
Due to the fact that Microsoft is purchasing GitHub, I have decided to move it here.
Requirements
Rooted phone with su binary
SUDO WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT SU
Installing sudo
- Clone termux-sudo or download to phone and extract
- Open Termux
- Install a dependency needed for sudo:
pkg install ncurses-utils
- Change to cloned or extraction directory
- Execute the following commands to place sudo into the correct directory with the proper permissions and ownership
cat sudo > /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/sudo
chmod 700 /data/data/com.termux/files/usr/bin/sudo
Power Root
sudo whoami
sudo su
Features
- Sets up its environment automatically on first run, no need to do anything but use it
- Creates a root folder
.suroot
in the Termux home folder with proper root permissions and ownership - Creates
.bashrc
file in root folder with proper PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH variables set so all binaries function correctly - Bash prompt PS1 variable is also set so you don't have
bash-4.4#
as prompt just#
- Automatically creates
.bash_history
in root folder when you drop to a root shell so root shell history is preserved - Can be used like ordinary sudo (but only as root, no other user)
- Can drop to root shell
sudo su [-]
- Runs built in Termux binaries and exteral binaries with optional arguments as root in current directory
- Generates output in shell currently using
- Can be used in other bash scripts
- [option] Can turn off colored error messages be editing the variable
colored
at the beginning of sudo file
Usage:
sudo su [-]
Drop to root shell
sudo <command> [<args>]
Run command as root with optional arguments