Tech Computer Center User Consultant Handbook

ucsh is a shell that allows User Consultants to run commands they would otherwise not have sufficient privileges to execute. ucsh currently runs only on userhost. For Red Hat Linux sessions, use sudo instead of ucsh.

To get into it, type:

    ucsh

If you just want to run one command in it and not actually enter the shell, type:

    ucsh command

where command is the ucsh command you want to execute.

ucsh is actually rbash, a restricted, secure version of bash. When you run things under ucsh, your effective uid (user ID) is 0, which means you are running commands as root. To see a list of all commands available under ucsh, run ucsh, then press tab twice. (Under sudo the -l flag will list available commands.)